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Cost-Effectiveness of Perirectal Surveillance Cultures for Controlling Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Michael Edmond
Michael Edmond*
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University, Health System, Richmond, Virginia
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 24 , Issue 5 , May 2003 , pp. 309 - 310
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2003

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