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Community-Acquired MRSA Can Survive for Months on Inanimate Objects
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Title Community-Acquired MRSA Can Survive for Months on Inanimate Objects
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/709037?src=rss
Description Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) can survive for weeks or even months on inanimate objects, thereby increasing the risk of transmission to skin, according to findings presented Monday at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy in San Francisco. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Infectious Diseases
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Date Sep 18, 2009
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