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Predicting the Impact of Contact Precautions on Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Outcomes: Caution Up Ahead

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Christopher J. Crnich  and
Paul Drinka
Christopher J. Crnich*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
Paul Drinka
Affiliation:
Internal Medicine/Geriatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, and Public Health, 1685 Highland Avenue, MFCB 5217, Madison, WI 53705 (cjc@medicine.wisc.edupauldrinka@sbcglobal.net)
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Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 6 , June 2013 , pp. 646 - 647
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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