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Pediatric Nosocomial Infections Children Are Not Little Adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Jo-Ann S. Harris*
Affiliation:
Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Boston Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, and Franciscan Children's Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Finland 502, Boston Medical Center, One Boston Medical Center Hace, Boston, MA02118-2393
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