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Screening cultures for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a population at high risk for MRSA colonisation: identification of optimal combinations of anatomical sites

Khalid El-BouriInfection Prevention and Control DepartmentSingleton Hospital, Abertawe Bro-Morgannwg University Hospital Board, Swansea, UKCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Wahbi El-BouriInstitute of Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of Oxford, Headington, Oxford, UK
Article: 22755 | Received 04 Sep 2013, Accepted 01 Nov 2013, Published online: 26 Nov 2013

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