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Water as a source for colonization and infection with multidrug-resistant pathogens: Focus on sinks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2018

Sarah S. Lewis ,
Becky A. Smith ,
Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett  and
David J. Weber
Sarah S. Lewis*
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
Becky A. Smith
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
David J. Weber
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*
Author for correspondence: Sarah S. Lewis, MD, MPH, DUMC 102359, Durham, NC 27710. E-mail: Sarah.stamps@duke.edu
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 39 , Issue 12 , December 2018 , pp. 1463 - 1466
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© 2018 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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Cite this article: Lewis SS, et al. (2018). Water as a source for colonization and infection with multidrug-resistant pathogens: Focus on sinks. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 2018, 39, 1463–1466. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.273

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