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The Use of Mupirocin in Controlling Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , January 1990 , pp. 11 - 12
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1990

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