The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 119, Issue 3 , Pages 275.e15-275.e23 , March 2006

Evaluating the Probability of Previously Unknown Carriage of MRSA at Hospital Admission

Received 30 December 2004 ,Revised 14 April 2005 ,Accepted 14 April 2005.

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 This study was supported by an Institutional Grant of the University of Geneva Hospitals (CI 70897).

PII: S0002-9343(05)00552-8

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.04.042

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 119, Issue 3 , Pages 275.e15-275.e23 , March 2006

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