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Stethoscopes as possible vectors of infection by staphylococci.

Aodhán S. Breathnach, David R. Jenkins, S.J. Pedler

BMJ · 1992 · 90 citations · 4 references

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TABLE I-Number and type ofcolonies cultured from 44 auriscope earpieces No of colonies per earpiece)

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Epidemiology of Nosocomial Infections Caused by Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>

Robert L. Thompson, Ignacio Cabezudo, Richard P. Wenzel · Annals of Internal Medicine · 1982 · 674 citations

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Revised guidelines for the control of epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Hospital Infection · 1990 · 237 citations

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INFECTION HAZARD FROM STETHOSCOPES IN HOSPITAL

Anne Gerken, SheilaJ. Cavanagh, H. I. Winner · The Lancet · 1972 · 54 citations

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Revised guidelines for the control of epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Report of a combined working party of the Hospital Infection Society and British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.

PubMed · 1990 · 21 citations

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