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Natural History of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Carriage in Intensive Care Units

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Yohei Doi ,
Sheena Kandiah ,
Rahman S. Hariri  and
Lee H. Harrison
Yohei Doi*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sheena Kandiah
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Rahman S. Hariri
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Lee H. Harrison
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Research Unit, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
*
Yohei Doi, MD, PhD, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3550 Terrace Street, Scaife Hall S829, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 (yod4@pitt.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 6 , June 2012 , pp. 642 - 643
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012 

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Footnotes

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Present affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

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