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Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Reliability and Accuracy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Sunil V. Bhat,
Nitin Bhanot,
Noreen H. Chan-Tompkins and
Andrew G. Sahud
Sunil V. Bhat
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Nitin Bhanot
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Noreen H. Chan-Tompkins
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Andrew G. Sahud*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
*
Allegheny General Hospital, 320 East North Avenue, South Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 (asahud@wpahs.org)
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Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , January 2011, pp. 97 - 98
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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