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Nosocomial Infections in Tbilisi, Georgia: A Retrospective Study of Microbiological Data from 4 Major Tertiary Care Hospitals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

George Kandelaki ,
Maia Butsashvili ,
Mariam Geleishvili ,
Nato Avaliani ,
Nino Macharashvili ,
Marina Topuridze ,
Carlos Del Rio ,
Henry Michael Blumberg  and
Tengiz Tsertsvadze
George Kandelaki
Affiliation:
National Center for Disease Control and Public Health of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia
Maia Butsashvili*
Affiliation:
National Center for Disease Control and Public Health of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia
Mariam Geleishvili
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia Country Office, Tbilisi, Georgia
Nato Avaliani
Affiliation:
National Center for Disease Control and Public Health of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia
Nino Macharashvili
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases, AIDS and Clinical Immunology Research Center, Tbilisi, Georgia
Marina Topuridze
Affiliation:
National Center for Disease Control and Public Health of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia
Carlos Del Rio
Affiliation:
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Henry Michael Blumberg
Affiliation:
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Tengiz Tsertsvadze
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases, AIDS and Clinical Immunology Research Center, Tbilisi, Georgia
*
National Center for Disease Control and Public Health of Georgia, M. Asatiani Street N9, Tbilisi 0177, Georgia (maiabutsashvili@gmail.com)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 9 , September 2011 , pp. 933 - 934
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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