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Low Rates of Nasal Colonization With Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Among Staff Members of an Italian Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Angelo Pan ,
Silvia Lorenzotti ,
Lucio Ferrari ,
Luisa Granata ,
Liana Signorini  and
Giuseppe Carnevale
Angelo Pan*
Affiliation:
Divisione di Malattie Infettive, Istituti Ospitalieri di Cremona, Cremona, Italy Istituto di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Spedali Civili, Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Silvia Lorenzotti
Affiliation:
Istituto di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Spedali Civili, Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Lucio Ferrari
Affiliation:
Laboratorio di Microbiologia, Istituti Ospitalieri di Cremona, Cremona, Italy
Luisa Granata
Affiliation:
Direzione Sanitaria, Istituti Ospitalieri di Cremona, Cremona, Italy
Liana Signorini
Affiliation:
Istituto di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Spedali Civili, Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Giuseppe Carnevale
Affiliation:
Divisione di Malattie Infettive, Istituti Ospitalieri di Cremona, Cremona, Italy
*
Istituto di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Spedali Civili, Università di Brescia, Piazza Spedali Civili 1, Brescia BS 25123, Italy (ange.pan@tiscali.it)
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Letter to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , February 2006 , pp. 218 - 220
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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