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Reply to Maiwald et al

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Pracha Nuntnarumit  and
Nartsiri Sangsuksawang
Pracha Nuntnarumit*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Nartsiri Sangsuksawang
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
*
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand10400 ([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 8 , August 2013 , pp. 873 - 874
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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