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Hospital Costs in Patients with Nosocomial Methicillin-Resistant or Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Dominique M. Vandijck ,
Lieven Annemans ,
Dirk P. Vogelaers  and
Stijn I. Blot
Dominique M. Vandijck*
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health and Health Economy, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium Department of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Lieven Annemans
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health and Health Economy, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Dirk P. Vogelaers
Affiliation:
Department of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium Department of Healthcare, University College Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
Stijn I. Blot
Affiliation:
Department of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium Department of Healthcare, University College Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
*
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Public Health and Health Economy, Ghent University, De Pinteiaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium (dominique.vandijck@ugent.be)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 11 , November 2009 , pp. 1127
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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