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Prevalence of Nasal Carriage of Mupirocin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Hospitalized Patients in Thailand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Anucha Apisarnthanarak ,
David K. Warren  and
Victoria J. Fraser
Anucha Apisarnthanarak*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand
David K. Warren
Affiliation:
Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
Victoria J. Fraser
Affiliation:
Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand, 12120 ([email protected])
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 5 , May 2011 , pp. 522 - 523
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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