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An Outbreak of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Klebsiella Species in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Jamile Otman ,
Emerson D. Cavassin ,
Márcia E. Perugini  and
Marilda Carlos Vidotto
Jamile Otman
Affiliation:
Departamento de Microbiologia
Emerson D. Cavassin
Affiliation:
Departamento de Patologia Aplicada, Legislação e Deontologia
Márcia E. Perugini
Affiliation:
Departamento de Patologia Aplicada, Legislação e Deontologia
Marilda Carlos Vidotto
Affiliation:
Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
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Letter to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , January 2002 , pp. 8 - 9
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2002

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