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Failure of a PCR Screening Method to Detect MRSA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Zafar Hussain  and
Michael A. John
Zafar Hussain
Affiliation:
London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada
Michael A. John
Affiliation:
London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 10 , October 2000 , pp. 627 - 628
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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