Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): screening and decolonisation
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Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): screening and decolonisation.
Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are of increasing importance to clinicians, public health agencies and governments. Prevention and control strategies must address sources in healthcare settings, the community and livestock. This document presents the conclusions of a European Consensus Conference on the role of screening and decolonisation in the control of MRSA inf...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0924-8579
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2010.10.023