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Assessment of the 48-Hour Rule for Identifying Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection Complicated by Bacteremia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Kristen Kreisel ,
Mary-Claire Roghmann ,
Michelle Shardell ,
O. Colin Stine ,
Eli Perencevich ,
Alan Lesse ,
Fred Gordin ,
Michael Climo  and
J. Kristie Johnson
Kristen Kreisel*
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, Maryland
Mary-Claire Roghmann
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, Maryland
Michelle Shardell
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
O. Colin Stine
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
Eli Perencevich
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, Maryland
Alan Lesse
Affiliation:
Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System and the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
Fred Gordin
Affiliation:
Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center andGeorge Washington University, Washington, DC
Michael Climo
Affiliation:
Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Medical College of Virginia atVirginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
J. Kristie Johnson
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
*
University of Maryland Baltimore, 685 West Baltimore Street, MSTF 334, Baltimore, MD 21201, (kris03222001@yahoo.com)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 6 , June 2010 , pp. 657 - 659
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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