Spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a neonatal intensive unit associated with understaffing, overcrowding and mixing of patients
- 31 January 2002
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Hospital Infection
- Vol. 50 (1), 18-24
- https://doi.org/10.1053/jhin.2001.1128
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