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Pseudo-outbreak of Ochrobactrum anthropi Bacteremia Related to Cross-Contamination From Erythrocyte Sedimentation Tubes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Jaime A. Labarca ,
Patricia Garcia ,
María Elvira Balcells ,
Gabriela de la Cerda ,
Ana María Salinas ,
Juan Carlos Román ,
Ana María Guzmán  and
Carlos M. Pérez
Jaime A. Labarca*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Patricia Garcia
Affiliation:
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
María Elvira Balcells
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Gabriela de la Cerda
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Ana María Salinas
Affiliation:
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Juan Carlos Román
Affiliation:
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Ana María Guzmán
Affiliation:
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Carlos M. Pérez
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
*
Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, P.O. Box Casilla 114—D. Santiago, Chile (jlabarca@med.puc.cl)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 6 , June 2007 , pp. 763 - 765
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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