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MRSA: We Can Overcome, But Who Will Lead the Battle?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Margreet C. Vos  and
Henri A. Verbrugh
Margreet C. Vos*
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Henri A. Verbrugh
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
*
Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlandsm.vos@erasmusmc.nl
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , February 2005 , pp. 117 - 120
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