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Why Are Antibiotic-Resistant Nosocomial Infections Spiraling Out of Control?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Carlene A. Muto
Carlene A. Muto*
Affiliation:
Division of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Presbyterian Campus, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Research Unit, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, mutoca@upmc.edu
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC-P), 1215 Kaufmann Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , January 2005 , pp. 10 - 12
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