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Understanding Why Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Control Measures Are Successful in Different Countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Hilary Humphreys
Hilary Humphreys*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
*
Department of Clinical Microbiology, RCSI Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, PO Box 9063, Dublin 9, Ireland (hhumphreys@rcsi.ie)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 12 , December 2007 , pp. 1418 - 1419
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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