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Detection of Carriage of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in an Intensive Care Unit in Buenos Aires

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Marcelo E. Marín ,
Oscar Podestá ,
Paula Llambías ,
Francisca Galdón ,
Viviana M. Scilingo ,
Daniel Stamboulian ,
Ricardo H. Romero  and
Gustavo D. Lopardo
Marcelo E. Marín
Affiliation:
FUNCEI (Fundación Centro de Estudios Infectológicos)
Oscar Podestá
Affiliation:
FUNCEI (Fundación Centro de Estudios Infectológicos)
Paula Llambías
Affiliation:
FUNCEI (Fundación Centro de Estudios Infectológicos)
Francisca Galdón
Affiliation:
FUNCEI (Fundación Centro de Estudios Infectológicos)
Viviana M. Scilingo
Affiliation:
FUNCEI (Fundación Centro de Estudios Infectológicos)
Daniel Stamboulian
Affiliation:
FUNCEI (Fundación Centro de Estudios Infectológicos)
Ricardo H. Romero
Affiliation:
Clinica La Sagrada Familia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gustavo D. Lopardo
Affiliation:
Clinica La Sagrada Familia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 22 , Issue 6 , June 2001 , pp. 332 - 333
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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