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Associations between Carbapenem Use, Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

Part of: BARRY FARR AWARD RECIPIENTS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Anucha Apisarnthanarak ,
Sumana Jitpokasem  and
Linda M. Mundy
Anucha Apisarnthanarak*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University Hospital, Pathumthani, Thailand
Sumana Jitpokasem
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University Hospital, Pathumthani, Thailand
Linda M. Mundy
Affiliation:
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University Hospital, Pathumthani, Thailand 12120 (anapisarn@yahoo.com)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 11 , November 2013 , pp. 1235 - 1237
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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