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Archive > March, 2010 Vol. XI, No. 3

Infection Prevention

Taking the Fight to S. aureus

William Jarvis, MD

There's no magic bullet to prevent surgical site infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus, but a couple of papers published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine provide strong scientific evidence in support of these 2 strategies.

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