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Do Patients With a History of MRSA Always Require Isolation in the Hospital?
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Title Do Patients With a History of MRSA Always Require Isolation in the Hospital?
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/721848?src=rss
Description William R. Jarvis, MD, offers his perspective on a new study that examines the need to isolate all patients with a history of MRSA colonization. Is it always necessary? Medscape Infectious Diseases
Category Articles > Critical Care
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Date May 15, 2010
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