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Outbreak of Escherichia coli Infections Associated with a Contaminated Transesophageal Echocardiography Probe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Elizabeth A. Bancroft ,
L'Tanya English ,
Dawn Terashita  and
Lori Yasuda
Elizabeth A. Bancroft*
Affiliation:
Acute Communicable Disease Control, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, California
L'Tanya English
Affiliation:
Acute Communicable Disease Control, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, California
Dawn Terashita
Affiliation:
Acute Communicable Disease Control, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, California
Lori Yasuda
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, California
*
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, 313 North Figueroa Street, Room 212, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (ebancroftl@yahoo.com)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 10 , October 2013 , pp. 1121 - 1123
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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