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Pseudoepidemic of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in a Community Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Evelyn Jacobsen ,
Inge Gurevich ,
Paul Schoch  and
Burke A. Cunha
Evelyn Jacobsen
Affiliation:
Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York SUNY School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
Inge Gurevich
Affiliation:
Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York SUNY School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
Paul Schoch
Affiliation:
Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York SUNY School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
Burke A. Cunha
Affiliation:
Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York SUNY School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 17 , Issue 6 , June 1996 , pp. 348
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1996

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