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Reply to Drekonja

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Stuart H. Cohen ,
Dale N. Gerding  and
Stuart Johnson
Stuart H. Cohen
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious and Immunologic Diseases, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento
Dale N. Gerding
Affiliation:
Research Service, Edward Hines Jr Veterans Administration Hospital, and the Infectious Disease Division, Department of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois
Stuart Johnson
Affiliation:
Research Service, Edward Hines Jr Veterans Administration Hospital, and the Infectious Disease Division, Department of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 11 , November 2010 , pp. 1205 - 1206
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