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Predisposing Factors and Antibiotic Use in Nosocomial Infections Caused by Xanthomonas maltophilia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Darrell T. Hulisz  and
Thomas M. File
Darrell T. Hulisz*
Affiliation:
Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio
Thomas M. File
Affiliation:
Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio
*
Pharmacotherapy Specialist, Akron General Medical Center, 400 Wabash Avenue, Akron, OH 44307
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 13 , Issue 8 , August 1992 , pp. 489 - 490
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1992

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