Should we screen low risk patients for meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus?

BMJ

Volumn 339, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Millar, Michael ^a  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85007758124     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b4035     Document Type: Article

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25. Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b4035