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Bloodstream Infections Due to Micrococcus spp and Intravenous Epoprostenol

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Martin A. Valdivia-Arenas
Martin A. Valdivia-Arenas*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Blanchard Valley Health System, Findlay, Ohio
*
Department of Internal Medicine, Blanchard Valley Health System, 1900 South Main Street, Findlay, OH 45840 (martinl990jbr@yahoo.com)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 12 , December 2009 , pp. 1237
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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