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Reply to Kampf

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Daniela Francescato Veiga ,
Carlos Américo Veiga Damasceno ,
Joel Veiga-Filho  and
Lydia Masako Ferreira
Daniela Francescato Veiga*
Affiliation:
Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Universidade do Vale do Sapucaí, Pouso Alegre Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Carlos Américo Veiga Damasceno
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Universidade do Vale do Sapucaí, Pouso Alegre
Joel Veiga-Filho
Affiliation:
Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Universidade do Vale do Sapucaí, Pouso Alegre Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Lydia Masako Ferreira
Affiliation:
Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
*
Avenida Coronel Armando Rubens Storino, 1100- Jardim Paraíso-CEP 37550-000, Pouso Alegre, MG, Brazil (danifveiga@uol.com.br)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 8 , August 2009 , pp. 812 - 813
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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