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Postdischarge Surveillance System for Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection at a Brazilian Regional Referral Hospital After an Outbreak

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Camila A. B. L. Chiquin ,
Jane H. F. Silva ,
Melody J. R. Ciruelos ,
Milena C. Lemes ,
Sergio R. Penteado-Filho  and
Felipe F. Tuon
Camila A. B. L. Chiquin
Affiliation:
Nosocomial Infection Control Committee, Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Jane H. F. Silva
Affiliation:
Nosocomial Infection Control Committee, Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Melody J. R. Ciruelos
Affiliation:
Nosocomial Infection Control Committee, Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Milena C. Lemes
Affiliation:
Nosocomial Infection Control Committee, Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Sergio R. Penteado-Filho
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Felipe F. Tuon*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
*
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Clinic, Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba, Alameda Augusto Stellfeld 1908, 3°. andar-SCIH–Bigorrilho, CEP number 80730-150, Curitiba, Brazil ([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , April 2009 , pp. 399 - 401
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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