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An Estimate of the Incidence of Candiduria Among Hospitalized Patients in the United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Anthony C. Shay  and
Loren G. Miller
Anthony C. Shay
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and theLos Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California
Loren G. Miller
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and theLos Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 25 , Issue 11 , November 2004 , pp. 894 - 895
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2004

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