The Application of Molecular Techniques to the Study of Hospital Infection

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CONTEXT: Nosocomial infections represent an important cause of morbidity and mortality in hospital settings, resulting in high health care costs. The roles of an epidemic investigation are to recognize that a problem exists, to compare characteristics of affected persons with those of similar but unaffected persons (case-control study), and to identify risk factors. Integrating typing methods as part of...

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