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Vancomycin Use and Monitoring in Pediatric Patients in a Community Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Ozlem Kahyaoglu ,
Mustafa Akpinar ,
Brian Nolan ,
Susumu Inoue ,
George Zureikat  and
Ashir Kumar
Ozlem Kahyaoglu
Affiliation:
Hurley Medical Center Flint, Michigan
Mustafa Akpinar
Affiliation:
Hurley Medical Center Flint, Michigan
Brian Nolan
Affiliation:
Hurley Medical Center Flint, Michigan
Susumu Inoue
Affiliation:
Hurley Medical Center Flint, Michigan
George Zureikat
Affiliation:
Hurley Medical Center Flint, Michigan
Ashir Kumar
Affiliation:
Michigan State University Lansing, Michigan
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 19 , Issue 5 , May 1998 , pp. 299 - 301
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1998

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