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Clusters of Nosocomial Meningitis Associated With a Single Anesthesiologist

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Claire Thénié ,
Anne Carbonne  and
Pascal Astagneau
Claire Thénié
Affiliation:
Regional Center for Nosocomial Infection Control, Paris, France
Anne Carbonne
Affiliation:
Regional Center for Nosocomial Infection Control, Paris, France
Pascal Astagneau*
Affiliation:
Regional Center for Nosocomial Infection Control, Paris, France
*
C-CLIN Nord, Institut des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France (p.astagne@bhdc.jussieu.fr)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , March 2008 , pp. 286 - 287
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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