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Annual Fluctuation in the Rate of Resistant Bacteria Isolated as an Indicator in the Control of Hospital-Acquired Infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Manuel Rodríguez-Iglesias ,
Juan Manuel Sanchez-Calvo ,
Inmaculada Guerrero-Lozano ,
Pilar Marin-Casanova ,
Ana María García-Tapia  and
Fatima Galan-Sanchez
Manuel Rodríguez-Iglesias*
Affiliation:
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Puerta del Mar University Hospital, University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain
Juan Manuel Sanchez-Calvo
Affiliation:
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Puerta del Mar University Hospital, University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain
Inmaculada Guerrero-Lozano
Affiliation:
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Puerta del Mar University Hospital, University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain
Pilar Marin-Casanova
Affiliation:
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Puerta del Mar University Hospital, University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain
Ana María García-Tapia
Affiliation:
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Puerta del Mar University Hospital, University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain
Fatima Galan-Sanchez
Affiliation:
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Puerta del Mar University Hospital, University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain
*
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Puerta del Mar University Hospital, Avenida Ana de Viya, 21, 11009 Cádiz, Spain (manuel.rodrigueziglesias@uca.es)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 10 , October 2013 , pp. 1123 - 1124
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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