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Nosocomial Outbreak of Kluyvera cryocrescens Bacteremia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Jung-Chung Lin ,
Chi-Hsiang Chen ,
L. K. Siu  and
Feng-Yee Chang
Jung-Chung Lin
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center
Chi-Hsiang Chen
Affiliation:
Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center
L. K. Siu
Affiliation:
Division of Clinical Research, National Health Research Institute
Feng-Yee Chang
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , February 2002 , pp. 62 - 64
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2002

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