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

  • Jaime A. Labarca (a1), Patricia Garcia (a2), María Elvira Balcells (a1), Gabriela de la Cerda (a1), Ana María Salinas (a2), Juan Carlos Román (a2), Ana María Guzmán (a2) and Carlos M. Pérez (a1)...
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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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