title: Stethoscopes and health care-associated infection.
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Infectious Disease and Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI. Electronic address: dgmaki@medicine.wisc.edu.
authors.forename: Dennis G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Maki
mesh_terms: D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000635:transmission*; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010808:Physical Examination; D019023:Stethoscopes / Q000382:microbiology*