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Methicillin-Susceptible “Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus:” A Sheep in Wolves' Clothing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

James E. Peacock Jr.
James E. Peacock Jr.*
Affiliation:
Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27013
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , March 1986 , pp. 161 - 163
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1986

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