Authors' Reply—Colony Morphology Is Insufficient to Identify Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Isolated from Stethoscopes

Mark A. MerlinAssistant Professor, Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey—, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Newark, New Jersey

, DO, EMT-P &

Michael NewlonProfessor of Microbiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey—, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Newark, New Jersey

, PhD

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