Multi-drug-resistant micro-organism follow-up of carriership in a university hospital in the Netherlands.

J Hosp Infect

Infection Prevention and Control Unit, Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Published: February 2024

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