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Is Nasal Carriage of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus More Prevalent Among Student Healthcare Workers?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Philippe Berthelot
Affiliation:
Infection Control Unit Infectious Diseases Department
Florence Grattard
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology
Pascal Fascia
Affiliation:
Infection Control Unit Infectious Diseases Department
Isabelle Martin
Affiliation:
Infection Control Unit Infectious Diseases Department
Franck Olivier Mallaval
Affiliation:
Infection Control Unit Infectious Diseases Department
Alain Ros
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology
Bruno Pozzetto
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology
Frederic Lucht
Affiliation:
Infection Control Unit Infectious Diseases Department, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne Saint-Etienne, France
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2004

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