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Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium: Headline News

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Donald A. Goldmann
Donald A. Goldmann*
Affiliation:
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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Children's Hospital Medical Center, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 13 , Issue 12 , December 1992 , pp. 695 - 699
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