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Endotoxin Overproduction of Enterobacter cloacae and Mortality Rate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Carolina Zorrilla-Vaca*
Affiliation:
Health Faculty, University of Libre, Cali, Colombia
Andrés Zorrilla-Vaca
Affiliation:
Health Faculty, University of Valle, Cali, Colombia
*
Diagonal 37, No. 3-29, Health Faculty, University of Libre, Cali 760026, Colombia ([email protected])
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2014

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