ReviewScreening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the endemic hospital: what have we learned?
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Author for correspondence: Dr Didier Pittet, Professor of Medicine, Director, Infection Control Programme, University of Geneva Hospitals, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland. Fax: 41-22/372 98 87; E-mail:[email protected]