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High Methicillin Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus and Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci in Imam Khomeini Hospital of Urmia, Iran

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Mohammad Rahbar ,
Homayon Babazadeh  and
Nosratalh Zarghami
Mohammad Rahbar
Affiliation:
Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
Homayon Babazadeh
Affiliation:
Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
Nosratalh Zarghami
Affiliation:
Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , April 2001 , pp. 196 - 197
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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