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Infant Feeding Formula Contaminated by Enterobacter Cloacae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Lawrence Bologna
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory, St. John's Episcopal Hospital, Far Rockaway, New York
Alfred Marciana
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory, St. John's Episcopal Hospital, Far Rockaway, New York
Marie Daraio
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory, St. John's Episcopal Hospital, Far Rockaway, New York
Sheldon Gleich
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory, St. John's Episcopal Hospital, Far Rockaway, New York
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1984

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