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Aspergillosis Due to Carpet Contamination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Stanton L. Gerson ,
Pamela Parker ,
Michael R. Jacobs ,
Richard Creger  and
Hillard M. Lazarus
Stanton L. Gerson
Affiliation:
University Hospitals of Cleveland, and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
Pamela Parker
Affiliation:
University Hospitals of Cleveland, and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
Michael R. Jacobs
Affiliation:
University Hospitals of Cleveland, and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
Richard Creger
Affiliation:
University Hospitals of Cleveland, and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
Hillard M. Lazarus
Affiliation:
University Hospitals of Cleveland, and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , April 1994 , pp. 221 - 223
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1994

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