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Increasing Resistance of Acinetobacter Species to Imipenem in United States Hospitals, 1999–2006

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Marc S. Hoffmann ,
Michael R. Eber  and
Ramanan Laxminarayan
Marc S. Hoffmann
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Michael R. Eber
Affiliation:
Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC
Ramanan Laxminarayan*
Affiliation:
Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
*
Resources for the Future, 1616 P St NW, Ste 632, Washington, DC 20036, (ramanan@rff.org)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , February 2010 , pp. 196 - 197
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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