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Methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): “missing the wood for the trees”
Author(s) -
Collig Peter J
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01493.x
Subject(s) - clinical microbiology , citation , library science , staphylococcus aureus , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , computer science , biology , bacteria , genetics
The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 7 January 2008 188 1 3-4 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2007 www.mja.com.au Editorials array of items such as neckties, stethoscopes, pe keyboards and coats that can be colonised by patho (although usually only in low numbers). While it is helpful to know all the places we ma these types of tudies really just confirm what should obvious — that MRSA readily disseminates within o environment. Thus, the hands of health care wor Hand hygiene should be the highest priority