Clinical, epidemiologic and bacteriologic observations of an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a large community hospital.

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Published in Am J Med on September 01, 1976

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J J Klimek, F J Marsik, R C Bartlett, B Weir, P Shea, R Quintiliani

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