Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus blood-stream infection among patients attending the emergency department of an urban tertiary-referral hospital.

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Published in Ir Med J on April 01, 2007

Authors

B O'Connell1, G McMahon, M Kelleher, A S Rossney

Author Affiliations

1: Microbiology Department, St. James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin. boconnell@stjames.ie

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