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Reply to Goldenberg

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Kimberlee S. Fong ,
Cynthia Fatica ,
Geraldine Hall ,
Gary Procop ,
Susan Schindler ,
Steven M. Gordon  and
Thomas G. Fraser
Kimberlee S. Fong*
Affiliation:
Cleveland Clinic Department of Infectious Disease, Cleveland, Ohio
Cynthia Fatica
Affiliation:
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Infection Control, Cleveland, Ohio
Geraldine Hall
Affiliation:
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Laboratory, Cleveland, Ohio
Gary Procop
Affiliation:
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Laboratory, Cleveland, Ohio
Susan Schindler
Affiliation:
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Laboratory, Cleveland, Ohio
Steven M. Gordon
Affiliation:
Cleveland Clinic Department of Infectious Disease, Cleveland, Ohio
Thomas G. Fraser
Affiliation:
Cleveland Clinic Department of Infectious Disease, Cleveland, Ohio
*
Cleveland Clinic Department of Infectious Disease, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195 ([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 12 , December 2011 , pp. 1233
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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