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Evidence of Nosocomial Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Cross-Infection in a Neonatology Unit Analyzed by Three Molecular Typing Methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Carolyn VanCouwenberghe
Carolyn VanCouwenberghe*
Affiliation:
California State University-Sacramento University of California Davis Sacramento, California
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 7 , July 2000 , pp. 433
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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