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Nosocomial Outbreak of Serratia marcescens in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Juan M. Muñoz  and
Alejandro E. Macias
Juan M. Muñoz
Affiliation:
Guanajuato University School of Medicine at León, León, Guanajuato, Mexico
Alejandro E. Macias
Affiliation:
Guanajuato University School of Medicine at León, León, Guanajuato, Mexico
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 24 , Issue 5 , May 2003 , pp. 312
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2003

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