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Cryptococcus Neoformans as a Rare Cause of Hospital Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Ilsis Miozzo ,
Valerio R. Aquino ,
Marcelle Duarte ,
Rodrigo P. Santos  and
Luciano Z. Goldani
Ilsis Miozzo
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Valerio R. Aquino
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Rodrigo P. Santos
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Luciano Z. Goldani*
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
*
Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Ramiro Barcelos 2350, Porto Alegre, RS 80640-003, Brazil
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , March 2010 , pp. 315 - 317
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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