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Pseudoepidemic of Rhodotorula rubra in Patients Undergoing Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Marian Kennedy ,
William A. Rutala ,
Karen K. Hoffmann  and
David J. Weber
Marian Kennedy
Affiliation:
Silver Springs, Maryland
William A. Rutala
Affiliation:
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Karen K. Hoffmann
Affiliation:
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
David J. Weber
Affiliation:
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 11 , Issue 7 , July 1990 , pp. 334 - 336
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1990

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