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Effect of Intranasal Mupirocin and Chlorhexidine Body Wash on Decolonization of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Yiu-hong Leung ,
Monica Man-ha Wong  and
Shuk-kwan Chuang
Yiu-hong Leung*
Affiliation:
Field Epidemiology Training Programme, Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health, Hong Kong, China
Monica Man-ha Wong
Affiliation:
Field Epidemiology Training Programme, Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health, Hong Kong, China
Shuk-kwan Chuang
Affiliation:
Field Epidemiology Training Programme, Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health, Hong Kong, China
*
Room 325, 147C Argyle Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China ([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 10 , October 2011 , pp. 1048 - 1050
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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