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Assessment of the Use of Urine Samples to Detect Colonization With Fluoroquinolone-Susceptible and Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Escherichia coli

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Ebbing Lautenbach ,
Andrew Babson ,
Evelyn Santana ,
Pam Tolomeo ,
Nicole Black ,
Catherine A. Smith  and
Joel Maslow
Ebbing Lautenbach*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases of the Department of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Andrew Babson
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Veterans Affairs, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Evelyn Santana
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Veterans Affairs, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pam Tolomeo
Affiliation:
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nicole Black
Affiliation:
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Catherine A. Smith
Affiliation:
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Joel Maslow
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases of the Department of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 825 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021 ([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , April 2009 , pp. 396 - 397
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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