The use of active surveillance cultures in adult intensive care units to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-related morbidity, mortality, and costs: a systematic review.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on June 01, 2008

Authors

Katharine L McGinigle1, Margaret L Gourlay, Ian B Buchanan

Author Affiliations

1: School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. kmcginig@unch.unc.edu

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