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Reply to Rupp and Kalil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Alexandre R. Marra ,
Miguel Cendoroglo Neto  and
Oscar Fernando Pavão dos Santos
Alexandre R. Marra*
Affiliation:
Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
Miguel Cendoroglo Neto
Affiliation:
Division of Medical Practice, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
Oscar Fernando Pavão dos Santos
Affiliation:
Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
*
Av Albert Einstein, 627/701, Intensive Care Unit—5th floor, Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil 05651-901 (alexmarra@einstein.br)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 9 , September 2010 , pp. 979 - 980
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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