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Burden of Imported Cases of Infection or Colonization With Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in a German University Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Elisabeth Meyer ,
Andreas Conrad ,
Christian Schneider ,
Annerose Serr ,
Regina Babikir  and
Markus Dettenkofer
Elisabeth Meyer*
Affiliation:
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Andreas Conrad
Affiliation:
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Christian Schneider
Affiliation:
Department for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Annerose Serr
Affiliation:
Department for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Regina Babikir
Affiliation:
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Markus Dettenkofer
Affiliation:
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
*
Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Charite University Medicine Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 12, 12203 Berlin, Germany (elisabeth.meyer@charite.de)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 12 , December 2008 , pp. 1195 - 1196
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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