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Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in New York City—10 Years Into the Epidemic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Daniel J. Morgan ,
Scott A. Weisenberg ,
Michael H. Augenbraun ,
David P. Calfee ,
Brian P. Currie ,
E. Yoko Furuya ,
Robert Holzman ,
Marisa C. Montecalvo ,
Michael Phillips  and
Bruce Polsky
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Daniel J. Morgan*
Affiliation:
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Scott A. Weisenberg
Affiliation:
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York
Michael H. Augenbraun
Affiliation:
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, New York
David P. Calfee
Affiliation:
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York
Brian P. Currie
Affiliation:
Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, New York
E. Yoko Furuya
Affiliation:
Columbia University, New York, New York
Robert Holzman
Affiliation:
New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
Marisa C. Montecalvo
Affiliation:
Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York, New York
Michael Phillips
Affiliation:
New York University Medical Center, New York, New York
Bruce Polsky
Affiliation:
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, New York
Kent A. Sepkowitz
Affiliation:
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
*
MD, 100 N. Greene Street, Lower Level, Baltimore, MD 21201 (dmorgan@epi.umaryland.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , February 2009 , pp. 196 - 197
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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