Published in J Spinal Cord Med on January 01, 2011
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Clostridium difficile infection in a Department of Veterans Affairs long-term care facility. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2011) 0.88
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A negative nares screen in combination with absence of clinical risk factors can be used to identify patients with very low likelihood of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in a Veterans Affairs hospital. Am J Infect Control (2012) 0.75