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Rates of Hospital-Associated Respiratory Infections and Associated Pathogens in a Regional Burn Center, 2008–2012

  • Anne M. Lachiewicz (a1), David van Duin (a1), Lauren M. DiBiase (a2), Samuel W. Jones (a3) (a4), Shannon Carson (a5), William A. Rutala (a2), Bruce A. Cairns (a3) (a4) and David J. Weber (a1) (a2)...
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Address correspondence to Anne M. Lachiewicz, MD, MPH, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, 130 Mason Farm Road, Mail code CB# 7030, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7030 (anne_lachiewicz@med.unc.edu).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
  • ISSN: 0899-823X
  • EISSN: 1559-6834
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