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Failure of Decolonization in Patients With Infections Due to Mupirocin-Resistant Strains of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Christopher J. Graber*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco
Brian S. Schwartz
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco
*
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, 1001 Potrero Avenue, Building 30, Box 0811, San Francisco, CA 94110 ([email protected])
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Abstract

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Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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