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Correlation between Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Sampling and S. aureus Pneumonia in the Medical Intensive Care Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Ramzy H. Rimawi ,
Keith M. Ramsey ,
Kaushal B. Shah  and
Paul P. Cook
Ramzy H. Rimawi*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
Keith M. Ramsey
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina Department of Infection Control, Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, North Carolina
Kaushal B. Shah
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
Paul P. Cook
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
*
Department of Internal Medicine, Division oflnfectious Diseases and Division of Critical Care Medicine, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Doctor's Park 6A, Mail Stop 715, Greenville, NC 27834 ([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 5 , May 2014 , pp. 590 - 593
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2014

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