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A Case of Munchausen Syndrome or Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection? Or Both?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Kenneth M. Zangwill ,
Cristina Marin  and
Hailong Vu
Kenneth M. Zangwill*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Harbor–University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Medical Center Torrance, California Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California
Cristina Marin
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California
Hailong Vu
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California
*
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1000 West Carson Street, Torrance, CA 90502 (kzangwill@labiomed.org).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 12 , December 2014 , pp. 1550 - 1551
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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