Increasing rates of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia - A medical device is a merit in disguise and methicillin resistance is merely a vice - Editorial response

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Darouiche, RO [1 ]
Musher, DM [1 ]
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[1] BAYLOR COLL MED,DEPT MED,INFECT DIS SECT,HOUSTON,TX 77030
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10.1093/clinids/23.2.260
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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