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Prevention of Infection Caused by Gram-Positive Bacteria in the Bloodstream and Lungs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Mark Rumbak  and
Margarita Cancio
Mark Rumbak*
Affiliation:
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida
Margarita Cancio
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida
*
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine, 4304 Oakhurst Terrace, Tampa, FL 33618 (mrumbak@health.usf.edu)
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Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 8 , August 2010 , pp. 879 - 880
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

References

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