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Colonization of High-Risk Children with Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Greece

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

K. Mougkou*
Affiliation:
Stavros Niarchos Foundation–Collaborative Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Outcomes Research (CLEO), Athens, Greece
A. Michos
Affiliation:
First Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens, “Aghia Sophia” Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
K. Spyridopoulou
Affiliation:
First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, “Laikon” General Hospital, Athens, Greece
G. L. Daikos
Affiliation:
First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, “Laikon” General Hospital, Athens, Greece
N. Spyridis
Affiliation:
Second Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens, “Aglaia Kyriakou” Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
V. Syriopoulou
Affiliation:
First Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens, “Aghia Sophia” Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
T. Zaoutis
Affiliation:
Stavros Niarchos Foundation–Collaborative Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Outcomes Research (CLEO), Athens, Greece Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*
Stavros Niarchos Foundation–Collaborative Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Outcomes Research (CLEO), “Aghia Sophia” Children's Hospital, Thivon and Papadiamantopoulou, Goudi, Athens 115 27, Greece ([email protected])

Abstract

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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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