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Changing antibiotic resistance patterns for Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 February 2019

Dina F. Khamash
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Aaron M. Milstone
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Karen C. Carroll
Affiliation:
Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Avinash Gadala
Affiliation:
Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Eili Klein
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy, Washington, DC
Lisa L. Maragakis
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Sara E. Cosgrove
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Valeria Fabre*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
*
Author for correspondence: Valeria Fabre, Email: mfabre1@jhmi.edu

Abstract

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Research Brief
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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