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Rates of Hospital-Associated Respiratory Infections and Associated Pathogens in a Regional Burn Center, 2008–2012

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 January 2015

Anne M. Lachiewicz ,
David van Duin ,
Lauren M. DiBiase ,
Samuel W. Jones ,
Shannon Carson ,
William A. Rutala ,
Bruce A. Cairns  and
David J. Weber
Anne M. Lachiewicz*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
David van Duin
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Lauren M. DiBiase
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Samuel W. Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Shannon Carson
Affiliation:
Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
William A. Rutala
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Bruce A. Cairns
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
David J. Weber
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*
Address correspondence to Anne M. Lachiewicz, MD, MPH, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, 130 Mason Farm Road, Mail code CB# 7030, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7030 ([email protected]).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 5 , May 2015 , pp. 601 - 603
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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