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Air ionisation and colonisation/infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter species in an intensive care unity: a reply to Jeffers

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Kerr, K.G., Beggs, C.B. Air ionisation and colonisation/infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter species in an intensive care unity: a reply to Jeffers. Intensive Care Med 32, 1439 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-006-0194-6

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