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Long-term care facility residents with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage disseminate MRSA and viral surrogate markers to surfaces outside their rooms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2021

Daniel F. Li ,
Natalia C. Pinto-Herrera ,
Heba Alhmidi ,
Jennifer L. Cadnum ,
Sandra Y. Silva  and
Curtis J. Donskey
Daniel F. Li
Affiliation:
Research Service, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans’ Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
Natalia C. Pinto-Herrera
Affiliation:
Research Service, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans’ Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Heba Alhmidi
Affiliation:
Research Service, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans’ Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Jennifer L. Cadnum
Affiliation:
Research Service, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans’ Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Sandra Y. Silva
Affiliation:
Clinical and Translational Science Program, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Curtis J. Donskey*
Affiliation:
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
*
Author for correspondence: Curtis J. Donskey, E-mail: [email protected]
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 42 , Issue 8 , August 2021 , pp. 1018 - 1019
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

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