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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Carriage in 10 Nursing Homes in Orange County, California

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Courtney Reynolds ,
Victor Quan ,
Diane Kim ,
Ellena Peterson ,
Julie Dunn ,
Matthew Whealon ,
Leah Terpstra ,
Hildy Meyers ,
Michele Cheung  and
Bruce Lee
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Courtney Reynolds*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Health Policy Research Institute, >California
Victor Quan
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Health Policy Research Institute, >California
Diane Kim
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Health Policy Research Institute, >California
Ellena Peterson
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, California
Julie Dunn
Affiliation:
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
Matthew Whealon
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Health Policy Research Institute, >California
Leah Terpstra
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Health Policy Research Institute, >California
Hildy Meyers
Affiliation:
University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, and the Epidemiology and Assessment Program, Orange County Health Care Agency, Santa Ana, California
Michele Cheung
Affiliation:
University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, and the Epidemiology and Assessment Program, Orange County Health Care Agency, Santa Ana, California
Bruce Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Epidemiology and Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Susan S. Huang
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Health Policy Research Institute, >California
*
100 Theory Drive, Suite 110, Health Policy Research Institute, Irvine, CA 92617 (courtner@uci.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , January 2011 , pp. 91 - 93
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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