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. 1958 Mar;48(3):298–310. doi: 10.2105/ajph.48.3.298

Staphylococcal Infections in the Hospital and Community

Control of an Outbreak of Staphylococcal Infections Among Mothers and Infants in a Suburban Hospital

F Robert Fekety, Leon Buchbinder, Elmer L Shaffer, Sidney Goldberg, H Preston Price, Louis A Pyle
PMCID: PMC1551528  PMID: 13521071

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