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Low Prevalence of Mupirocin Resistance Among Hospital-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with an Active Surveillance Cultures and Decolonization Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2014

Nuntra Suwantarat ,
Karen C. Carroll ,
Tsigereda Tekle ,
Tracy Ross ,
Victor O. Popoola  and
Aaron M. Milstone
Nuntra Suwantarat*
Affiliation:
Division of Medical Microbiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Karen C. Carroll
Affiliation:
Division of Medical Microbiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD Microbiology Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Tsigereda Tekle
Affiliation:
Microbiology Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Tracy Ross
Affiliation:
Microbiology Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Victor O. Popoola
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Aaron M. Milstone
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD.
*
Address correspondence to Nuntra Suwantarat, MD, Division of Medical Microbiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Meyer B1-193, 600 N. Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287 (nsuwant1@ jhmi.edu).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , February 2015 , pp. 232 - 234
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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