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Chapter 16 - Control of Gram-Positive Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens

from Section 4 - Antimicrobial-Resistant Organisms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2018

By
Trevor C. Van Schooneveld  and
Mark E. Rupp
Edited by
Ebbing Lautenbach ,
Preeti N. Malani ,
Keith F. Woeltje ,
Jennifer H. Han ,
Emily K. Shuman  and
Jonas Marschall
Ebbing Lautenbach
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Preeti N. Malani
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Keith F. Woeltje
Affiliation:
Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis
Jennifer H. Han
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Emily K. Shuman
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Jonas Marschall
Affiliation:
Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis
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Practical Healthcare Epidemiology , pp. 177 - 189
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