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Nosocomially Acquired Pseudomonas cepacia Infection in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Ofelia C. Tablan
Ofelia C. Tablan*
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Investigation and Prevention Branch, 1600 Clifton Rd., NE, Bldg. 3, Rm. B-49, Mailstop A-07, Atlanta, GA 30333
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , March 1993 , pp. 124 - 126
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1993

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