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Prevalence, Treatment, and Outcome of Infection Due to Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase–Producing Microorganisms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Anucha Apisarnthanarak*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasart University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand
Linda M. Mundy
Affiliation:
Saint Louis University School of Public Health, St. Louis, Missouri
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasart University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand12120 (anapisarn@yahoo.com)
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Abstract

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Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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