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Vancomycin—New Uses for an Old Drug

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Sandra M. Norris  and
Lynn Limon
Sandra M. Norris
Affiliation:
School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Lynn Limon
Affiliation:
Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 5 , Issue 8 , August 1984 , pp. 402 - 404
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1984

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