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A Cluster of MRSA – The Little Outbreak That Wasn't

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Robert M. Bannatyne
Affiliation:
St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Barbara A. Wells
Affiliation:
St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Susan A. MacMillan
Affiliation:
St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mary C. Thibault
Affiliation:
St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1995

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