Pressure ulcers colonized by MRSA as a reservoir and risk for MRSA bacteremia in patients at a Brazilian university hospital

Wounds

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 67-75

  Nery Silva Pirett, Cely Christine ^a   Braga, Iolanda Alves ^a   Ribas, Rosineide Marques ^a   Gontijo Filho, Paulo P ^a   Filho, Augusto Diogo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

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