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Ciprofloxacin Resistance Among Nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus in the United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Henry M. Blumberg
Affiliation:
Emory University School of Medicine, Grady Memorial Hospital
David Rimland
Affiliation:
Atlanta VA Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1995

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