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Intraoperative Patient-to-Healthcare-Worker Transmission of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Thomas R. Talbot ,
Addison K. May ,
William T. Obremskey ,
Patty W. Wright  and
Titus L. Daniels
Thomas R. Talbot*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
Addison K. May
Affiliation:
Divisions of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
William T. Obremskey
Affiliation:
Division of Orthopaedic Trauma, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
Patty W. Wright
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
Titus L. Daniels
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
*
A-2200 Medical Center North, 1161 21st Avenue South, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232 ([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 9 , September 2011 , pp. 924 - 926
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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