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Decontamination strategies for MRSA-colonized patients

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Pasternack, M.S. Decontamination strategies for MRSA-colonized patients. Curr Infect Dis Rep 10, 385–386 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11908-008-0062-3

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