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Reply to Petersen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Kavel H. Visrodia ,
Cori L. Ofstead ,
Hannah L. Yellin ,
Harry P. Wetzler ,
Pritish K. Tosh  and
Todd H. Baron
Kavel H. Visrodia
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Cori L. Ofstead*
Affiliation:
Ofstead and Associates, Saint Paul, Minnesota Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Hannah L. Yellin
Affiliation:
Ofstead and Associates, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Harry P. Wetzler
Affiliation:
Ofstead and Associates, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Pritish K. Tosh
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Todd H. Baron
Affiliation:
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*
MSPH, Ofstead and Associates, 400 Selby Avenue, Suite V, Blair Arcade West, Saint Paul, MN 55102 ([email protected]).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 10 , October 2014 , pp. 1309 - 1310
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