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Reply to Maiwald et al

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Rakesh D. Mistry ,
Lauren Marlowe  and
Theoklis E. Zaoutis
Rakesh D. Mistry*
Affiliation:
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lauren Marlowe
Affiliation:
Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theoklis E. Zaoutis
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 10 , October 2010 , pp. 1096 - 1097
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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