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A Longitudinal Index of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms at an Academic Medical Center Reveals True Declines in Incidence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

W. Kemper Alston*
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Unit and Department of Pharmacy, Fletcher Allen Health Care, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont
John W. Ahern
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Unit and Department of Pharmacy, Fletcher Allen Health Care, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont
*
Infectious Diseases Unit, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Smith 287, MCHV Campus, 111 Colchester Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401 (wallace.alston@vtmednet.org)
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

References

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