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Control of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: It Is Important, It Is Possible, and It Is Cost-Effective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

C. Glen Mayhall
C. Glen Mayhall*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine and Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals and Clinics, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas
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Division of Infectious Diseases, 301 University Boulevard, Route 0435, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0435
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 23 , Issue 8 , August 2002 , pp. 420 - 423
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