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Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in Hematology and Oncology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Enrico Schalk ,
Jacqueline Färber  and
Thomas Fischer
Enrico Schalk*
Affiliation:
Department of Hematology and Oncology, Medical Center, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
Jacqueline Färber
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, Infection Control and Prevention, Medical Center, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
Thomas Fischer
Affiliation:
Department of Hematology and Oncology, Medical Center, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
*
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Medical Center, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Leipziger Strasse 44, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany (enrico.schalk@med.ovgu.de).
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 9 , 01 September 2014 , pp. 1203 - 1204
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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