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Apparent Transmission of Two Species of Gram-Negative Rods in Catheterized Residents on a 50-Bed Nursing Home Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Paul J. Drinka ,
Mary E. Stemper ,
Cathy Gauerke ,
Janice Miller  and
Kurt D. Reed
Paul J. Drinka
Affiliation:
Wisconsin Veterans Home, King, Wisconsin
Mary E. Stemper
Affiliation:
Marshfield Clinics Laboratory, Marshfield, Wisconsin
Cathy Gauerke
Affiliation:
Wisconsin Veterans Home, King, Wisconsin
Janice Miller
Affiliation:
Marshfield Clinics Laboratory, Marshfield, Wisconsin
Kurt D. Reed
Affiliation:
Marshfield Clinics Laboratory, Marshfield, Wisconsin
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , April 2003 , pp. 233
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2003

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