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Not All Nosocomial Escherichia coli Bacteriurias Are Catheter Associated

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Jonas Marschall*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Kyle N. Ota
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Jeffrey P. Henderson
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
David K. Warren
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid, St. Louis, MO 63110 (jmarscha@dom.wustl.edu)

Abstract

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Type
Research Brief
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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