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Clusters of Nosocomial Meningitis Associated With a Single Anesthesiologist

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Claire Thénié
Affiliation:
Regional Center for Nosocomial Infection Control, Paris, France
Anne Carbonne
Affiliation:
Regional Center for Nosocomial Infection Control, Paris, France
Pascal Astagneau*
Affiliation:
Regional Center for Nosocomial Infection Control, Paris, France
*
C-CLIN Nord, Institut des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France ([email protected])
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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