A successful cost effective Meticillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) eradication protocol implemented at a Tertiary Care Unit
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection Prevention in Practice
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2590-0889
DOI: 10.1016/j.infpip.2020.100052