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Difficulty in Diagnosing Surgical Site Infection After Arthroscopy in Developing Countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Anucha Apisarnthanarak ,
Siriporn Wittayachanyapong ,
Pranee Sitaposa ,
Kanokporn Thongphubeth ,
Hilary Babcock  and
Victoria J. Fraser
Anucha Apisarnthanarak*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand
Siriporn Wittayachanyapong
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Khon Khan University, Khon Khan, Thailand
Pranee Sitaposa
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health, Bangkok, Thailand
Kanokporn Thongphubeth
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand
Hilary Babcock
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
Victoria J. Fraser
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand 12120 ([email protected])
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 6 , June 2009 , pp. 609 - 610
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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