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Evidence of Nosocomial Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Cross-Infection in a Neonatology Unit Analyzed by Three Molecular Typing Methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Carolyn VanCouwenberghe*
Affiliation:
California State University-Sacramento University of California Davis Sacramento, California
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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