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Nosocomial Transmission of Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa among Burn Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Mylène Maillet*
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Department, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France
Isabelle Pelloux
Affiliation:
Microbiology Department, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France
Alexandra Forli
Affiliation:
Hand and Burn Department, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France
Karen Vancoetsem
Affiliation:
Hygiene Unit, Public Health Department, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France
Jacqueline Shum Cheong Sing
Affiliation:
Hygiene Unit, Public Health Department, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France
Sylvie Marfaing
Affiliation:
Hygiene Unit, Public Health Department, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France
Sébastien Ducki
Affiliation:
Hygiene Unit, Public Health Department, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France
Pierre Batailler
Affiliation:
Hygiene Unit, Public Health Department, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France
Marie-Reine Mallaret
Affiliation:
Hygiene Unit, Public Health Department, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France
*
Infectious Diseases Department, CHU de Grenoble, BP 218, 38 043 Grenoble cedex 9, France ([email protected])
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2014

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