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Clinical Features and Treatment Outcomes of Infections Caused by Sphingomonas paucimobilis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Hae Suk Cheong ,
Yu Mi Wi ,
Soo Youn Moon ,
Cheol-In Kang ,
Jun Seong Son ,
Kwan Soo Ko ,
Doo Ryeon Chung ,
Nam Yong Lee ,
Jae-Hoon Song  and
Kyong Ran Peck
Hae Suk Cheong
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Disease, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Yu Mi Wi
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Disease, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Soo Youn Moon
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Disease, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Cheol-In Kang
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Disease, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Jun Seong Son
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, East-West Neo Medical Center, Kyunghee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Kwan Soo Ko
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Seoul, Republic of Korea Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, and the Asian-Pacific Research Foundation for Infectious Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Doo Ryeon Chung
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Disease, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Nam Yong Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Jae-Hoon Song
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Disease, Seoul, Republic of Korea Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, and the Asian-Pacific Research Foundation for Infectious Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Kyong Ran Peck*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Disease, Seoul, Republic of Korea
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Ilwon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-710, Republic of Korea (krpeck@skku.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 10 , October 2008 , pp. 990 - 992
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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