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Nosocomial Burkholderia cepacia Outbreaks and Pseudo-Outbreaks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Alicia Mangram  and
William R. Jarvis
Alicia Mangram
Affiliation:
Hospital Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
William R. Jarvis*
Affiliation:
Hospital Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Investigation and Prevention Branch, Hospital Infections Program, Mailstop E-69, Atlanta, GA 30333
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 17 , Issue 11 , November 1996 , pp. 718 - 720
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1996

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