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Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria and Healthcare Systems: Four Steps for Effective Response

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

John E. McGowan Jr
John E. McGowan Jr*
Affiliation:
Emory University Schools of Medicine and Public Health and Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , February 1995 , pp. 67 - 70
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1995 

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