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The Identification and Investigation of Clustered Bacterial Isolates on Nursing Home Units

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Paul J. Drinka ,
Cathy Gauerke  and
J. Todd Faulks
Paul J. Drinka
Affiliation:
Wisconsin Veterans Home King, Wisconsin
Cathy Gauerke
Affiliation:
Wisconsin Veterans Home King, Wisconsin
J. Todd Faulks
Affiliation:
Wisconsin Veterans Home King, Wisconsin
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 22 , Issue 8 , August 2001 , pp. 476 - 477
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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