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Inside-Out: The Changing Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Leigh A. Kennedy
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC Department of Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Janet A. Gill
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC
Maureen E. Schultz
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC
Monica Irmler
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC
Fred M. Gordin*
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC Department of Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, DC
*
Infectious Diseases Section (151B); Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 50 Irving Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20422 (fred.gordin@va.gov)
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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