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Identical Achromobacter Strain in Reusable Surface Disinfection Tissue Dispensers and a Clinical Isolate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 July 2015

Claudio Kupfahl ,
Mattias Walther ,
Constanze Wendt  and
Heike von Baum
Claudio Kupfahl*
Affiliation:
MVZ Labor Ravensburg, Division of Hygiene, Ravensburg, Germany
Mattias Walther
Affiliation:
MVZ Labor Ravensburg, Division of Hygiene, Ravensburg, Germany
Constanze Wendt
Affiliation:
MVZ Labor Dr. Limbach & Kollegen, Division of Hygiene, Heidelberg, Germany
Heike von Baum
Affiliation:
Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Faculty for Clinical Medicine of the University Ulm, Ulm, Germany
*
Address correspondence to Claudio Kupfahl, MD, PhD, MVZ Labor Ravensburg, Elisabethenstrasse 11, 88212 Ravensburg, Germany (claudio.kupfahl@labor-gaertner.de).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 11 , November 2015 , pp. 1362 - 1364
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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