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Biopsy Forceps as a Source of Bacterial Contamination Leading to Overgrowth of Helicobacter pylori Culture Medium With Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

C.L. Cooper ,
M.J. Alfa  and
G.K. Harding
C.L. Cooper
Affiliation:
St Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
M.J. Alfa
Affiliation:
St Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
G.K. Harding
Affiliation:
St Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 20 , Issue 5 , May 1999 , pp. 300 - 301
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1999

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