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Impact of Nosocomial Infections on Outcome: Myths and Evidence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Jordi Rello
Jordi Rello*
Affiliation:
Intensive Care Department, Hospital de Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
*
Intensive Care Department, Hospital de Sabadell, Pare Tauli s/n Sabadell, 08206 Barcelona, Spain
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 20 , Issue 6 , June 1999 , pp. 392 - 394
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1999

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