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Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: Risk Related to the Use of Intravenous Vancomycin in a University Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2016

Robert E. Fuller ,
Lizzie J. Harrell ,
F.T. Meredith ,
Daniel J. Sexton  and
L. Gregg Colvin
Robert E. Fuller
Affiliation:
National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
Lizzie J. Harrell
Affiliation:
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
F.T. Meredith
Affiliation:
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Daniel J. Sexton
Affiliation:
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
L. Gregg Colvin
Affiliation:
University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 19 , Issue 11 , November 1998 , pp. 821 - 823
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1998

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