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Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Pediatric Patients: Epidemiology and Risk Factors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Sahera Dirajlal-Fargo ,
Roberta DeBiasi ,
Joseph Campos  and
Xiaoyan Song
Sahera Dirajlal-Fargo
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
Roberta DeBiasi
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
Joseph Campos
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC Division of Laboratory Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC Department of Pathology, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
Xiaoyan Song*
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
*
Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue NW, West Wing 3.5, Washington, DC 20010 ([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 4: Special Topic Issue: Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms , April 2014 , pp. 447 - 449
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2014

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