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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Colonization among Women Admitted to Labor and Delivery and Their Newborn Infants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Lauze Volk ,
Tricia Thomson ,
Pankaj Chhangani ,
Laura Digangi ,
Jorge P. Parada ,
Paul Schreckenberger ,
Violeta Rekasius  and
Malliswari Challapalli
Lauze Volk
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois
Tricia Thomson
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois
Pankaj Chhangani
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois
Laura Digangi
Affiliation:
Department of Information Technologies, Loyola Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois
Jorge P. Parada
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois
Paul Schreckenberger
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois
Violeta Rekasius
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois
Malliswari Challapalli*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois
*
Loyola University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Maguire Building, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153 ([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 10 , October 2011 , pp. 1045 - 1046
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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