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Prevention and Control of Vancomycin Resistance in Gram-Positive Coccal Microorganisms: Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

C. Glen Mayhall
C. Glen Mayhall*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, and the Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, the University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals, Galveston, Texas.
*
Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Route 1092, Former Shriner's Burns Building, Room 2-64B, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1092.
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 17 , Issue 6 , June 1996 , pp. 353 - 355
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1996

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