A study of the relationship between environmental contamination with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and patients' acquisition of MRSA.

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Published in Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol on February 08, 2006

Authors

Katherine J Hardy1, Beryl A Oppenheim, Savita Gossain, Fang Gao, Peter M Hawkey

Author Affiliations

1: West Midlands Public Health Laboratory, Health Protection Agency, Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, B9 5SS, UK. Katie.Hardy@heartofengland.nhs.uk

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