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Community and Nursing Home Residents with Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

John Mills ,
Kimberle Chapin ,
Sarah Andrea ,
Gary Furtado  and
Leonard Mermel
John Mills
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Kimberle Chapin
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island Department of Pathology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island Department of Pathology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Sarah Andrea
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
Gary Furtado
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
Leonard Mermel*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903 (lmermel@lifespan.org)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 6 , June 2011 , pp. 629 - 631
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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