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Pseudoinfection Due to Mislabeling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Roland Schulze-Röbbecke*
Affiliation:
Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
Claudia Schmitz
Affiliation:
Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
*
Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Krankenhaushygiene, Universitätsstr. 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany ([email protected])
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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