MRSA cases in academic hospitals double in 5 years
Infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) doubled at academic medical centers in the U.S. between 2003 and 2008, according to a report published in the August issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Source: University of Chicago Press Journals - Discipline: Microbiology...
Source: LabSpaces - Friday, 27 July, 2012
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