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An Appropriate Category of Isolation for Antibiotic-Resistant Organisms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Inge Gurevich ,
Barbara Yannelli  and
Burke A. Cunha
Inge Gurevich
Affiliation:
Infection Control Section, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York
Barbara Yannelli
Affiliation:
Infection Control Section, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York
Burke A. Cunha
Affiliation:
Infection Control Section, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 8 , Issue 10 , October 1987 , pp. 401 - 402
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1987

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