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Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Hemodialysis Patients Is Related to Intravenous Vancomycin Use

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Steven Fishbane ,
Burke A. Cunha ,
Sanjeev K. Mittal ,
John Ruggian ,
Kevin Shea  and
Paul E. Schoch
Steven Fishbane
Affiliation:
Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York, State University of New York, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
Burke A. Cunha
Affiliation:
Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York, State University of New York, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
Sanjeev K. Mittal
Affiliation:
Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York, State University of New York, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
John Ruggian
Affiliation:
Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York, State University of New York, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
Kevin Shea
Affiliation:
Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York, State University of New York, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
Paul E. Schoch
Affiliation:
Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York, State University of New York, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 20 , Issue 7 , July 1999 , pp. 461 - 462
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1999

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