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Debility and the Risk for Surgical Site Infection: Defining the Next Steps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Preeti N. Malani
Preeti N. Malani*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Geriatric Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, and the Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
*
Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, 2215 Fuller Road, 111-1, 8th floor, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 (pmalani@umich.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 9 , September 2008 , pp. 840 - 841
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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