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Extrinsic Contamination of Liquid Soap with Various Gram-Negative Bacteria in a Hospital in Turkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Elif Aktaş ,
Ebru Taşpınar ,
Demet Alay ,
Esra Deniz Küçükçongar Ögedey ,
Canan Külah  and
Füsun Cömert
Elif Aktaş*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Zonguldak, Turkey
Ebru Taşpınar
Affiliation:
Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Zonguldak, Turkey
Demet Alay
Affiliation:
Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Zonguldak, Turkey
Esra Deniz Küçükçongar Ögedey
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Zonguldak, Turkey
Canan Külah
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Zonguldak, Turkey
Füsun Cömert
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Zonguldak, Turkey
*
Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, 67100 Zonguldak, Turkey, ([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 11 , November 2010 , pp. 1199 - 1201
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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