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Outbreak of Ralstonia pickettii Pseudobacteremia Among Patients With Hematological Malignancies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

F. Barbut ,
M.-J. Kosmann ,
V. Lalande ,
D. Neyme ,
P. Coppo  and
N. C. Gorin
F. Barbut*
Affiliation:
Infection Control Unit, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
M.-J. Kosmann
Affiliation:
Infection Control Unit, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
V. Lalande
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
D. Neyme
Affiliation:
Infection Control Unit, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
P. Coppo
Affiliation:
Department of Hematology, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
N. C. Gorin
Affiliation:
Department of Hematology, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
*
Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 184 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75012 Paris (frederic.barbut@sat.ap-hop-paris.fr)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 6 , June 2006 , pp. 642 - 644
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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