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Colonization by Antibiotic-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria and Appropriate Empirical Antibiotic Therapy in Intensive Care Unit Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Fernando Bellíssimo-Rodrigues ,
José Fernando de Castro Figueiredo  and
Roberto Martinez
Fernando Bellíssimo-Rodrigues
Affiliation:
Committee for Hospital Infection Control, University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil
José Fernando de Castro Figueiredo
Affiliation:
Area of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Roberto Martinez
Affiliation:
Area of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , January 2006 , pp. 104
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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