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Intensified Infection Control Measures to Minimize the Spread of Colistin-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Anucha Apisaranthanarak*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand
Sassinuch Rujanavech
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand
Pornpong Luxamesathaporn
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand
Linda M. Mundy
Affiliation:
LM Mundy, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand12120 (anapisarn@yahoo.com)
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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