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Relationship Between Pathogenic and Colonizing Microorganisms Detected in Intensive Care Unit Patients and in Their Family Members and Visitors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Paolo Malacarne ,
Silvia Pini  and
Nunzio De Feo
Paolo Malacarne*
Affiliation:
Unitá Operativa, Anestesia e Rianimazione Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
Silvia Pini
Affiliation:
Unitá Operativa, Anestesia e Rianimazione Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
Nunzio De Feo
Affiliation:
Unitá Operativa, Anestesia e Rianimazione Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
*
UO Anestesia e Rianimazione Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Pisana, Via Roma 2, Pisa, Italy (pmalacarne@hotmail.com)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 7 , July 2008 , pp. 679 - 681
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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