Does universal active MRSA surveillance influence anti-MRSA antibiotic use? A retrospective analysis of the treatment of patients admitted with suspicion of infection at Veterans Affairs Medical Centers
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VA Salt Lake City Health Care System and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; University of Utah Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; VA Reno Medical Center and University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, USA; VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Clinical Pharmacy Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Boise, ID, USA
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