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Acinetobacter Nares Colonization of Healthy US Soldiers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2017

Matthew E. Griffith*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Michael W. Ellis
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Clinton K. Murray
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
*
Infectious Disease Service (MCHE-MDI), Brooke Army Medical Center, 3851 Roger Brooke Drive, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234 (matthew.griffith@amedd.army.mil)
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Abstract

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Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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