133Compliance with follow-up cultures in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: Opportunity for quality improvement
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133. Compliance with follow-up cultures in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: Opportunity for quality improvement Benjamin S. Thomas, MD; S. Reza Jafarzadeh, PhD; Jonas Marschall, MD; Victoria J. Fraser, MD, FIDSA, FSHEA; David K. Warren, MD, MPH, FIDSA, FSHEA; Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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دوره 1 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2014