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Reply to Harbarth et al

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Cassandra D. Salgado ,
Kent A. Sepkowitz ,
Joseph F. John ,
J. Robert Cantey ,
Hubert H. Attaway ,
Katherine D. Freeman ,
Peter A. Sharpe ,
Harold T. Michels  and
Michael G. Schmidt
Cassandra D. Salgado*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
Kent A. Sepkowitz
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
Joseph F. John
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Ralph H. Johnson VA, Charleston, South Carolina
J. Robert Cantey
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
Hubert H. Attaway
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
Katherine D. Freeman
Affiliation:
Extrapolate, Delray Beach, Florida
Peter A. Sharpe
Affiliation:
Sharpe and Associates, West Orange, New Jersey
Harold T. Michels
Affiliation:
Copper Development Association, New York, New York
Michael G. Schmidt
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
*
135 Rutledge Avenue, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425 (salgado@musc.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 9 , September 2013 , pp. 997 - 999
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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