The art of oversimplification: the challenge of measuring hospital-acquired MRSA

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Marin L Schweizer et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Feb.

. 2012 Feb;33(2):122-3.

doi: 10.1086/663964. Epub 2011 Dec 23.

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