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Nosocomial Outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis in a University Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Catherine Sion
Affiliation:
University Hospital Mont-Godinne, Catholic University of Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium
Maria-Grazia Garrino
Affiliation:
University Hospital Mont-Godinne, Catholic University of Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium
Youri Glupezynski
Affiliation:
University Hospital Mont-Godinne, Catholic University of Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium
Véronique Avesani
Affiliation:
Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
Michel Delmée
Affiliation:
Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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