Burden of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections at a Swiss University hospital: excess length of stay and costs
Authors:
- M. Macedo-ViñasM. Macedo-Viñas
- G. De AngelisG. De Angelis
- P. RohnerPRP. Rohner
- E. SafranESE. Safran
- A. StewardsonA. Stewardson
- C. FankhauserCFC. Fankhauser
- J. SchrenzelJ. Schrenzel
- D. PittetDPD. Pittet
- S. HarbarthSHS. Harbarth
- 1 June 2013
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Hospital Infection
- Vol. 84 (2) , 132-137
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