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Healthcare Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 47-50

  Morton, Anthony ^a   Whitby, Michael ^a   Looke, David ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREVALENCE; WARD;

EID: 70349813490     PISSN: 18355617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/HI09102     Document Type: Article

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