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Importance of Postoperative Factors in the Study of the Epidemiology of Surgical Site Infection Due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Farrin A. Manian  and
Jad A. Khoury
Farrin A. Manian*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, St. John's Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Jad A. Khoury
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, St. John's Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, St. John's Mercy Medical Center, 621 S. New Ballas, 7018B, St. Louis, Missouri 63141 (manianfa@aol.com)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , April 2009 , pp. 406 - 408
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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