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Multidrug-Resistant Organism Colonization in a High-Risk Pediatric Patient Population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2016

Xiaoyan Song ,
Douglas Toal ,
Terry Walker ,
Evelio D. Perez-Albuerne ,
Joseph M. Campos  and
Roberta L. DeBiasi
Xiaoyan Song*
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC
Douglas Toal
Affiliation:
OpGen, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Terry Walker
Affiliation:
OpGen, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Evelio D. Perez-Albuerne
Affiliation:
Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC
Joseph M. Campos
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC Division of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC.
Roberta L. DeBiasi
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC.
*
Address correspondence to Xiaoyan Song, PhD, MBBS, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington, DC 20010 (xsong@childrensnational.org).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 37 , Issue 5 , May 2016 , pp. 614 - 616
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© 2016 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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