Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) active screening in a Pulmonology department.

D. Reis (Porto, Portugal), M. Costa Silva (Porto, Portugal), C. Ribeiro (Porto, Portugal), E. Silva (Porto, Portugal), M. Dias (Porto, Portugal), D. Pires Coutinho (Porto, Portugal), T. Shiang (Porto, Portugal), G. Abreu (Porto, Portugal), I. Sanches (Porto, Portugal), M. Vanzeller (Porto, Portugal)

Source: International Congress 2018 – Clinical challenges in respiratory infection
Session: Clinical challenges in respiratory infection
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 4699
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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