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Reply to Tsai et al

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Chung-Chih Lin ,
Jiun-Ling Wang ,
Chi-Ying Lin ,
Shey-Ying Chen ,
Jann-Tay Wang ,
Kwan-Dun Wu  and
Shan-Chwen Chang
Chung-Chih Lin
Affiliation:
Departments of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
Jiun-Ling Wang
Affiliation:
Departments of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Taipei, Taiwan
Chi-Ying Lin
Affiliation:
Departments of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan Section of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Shey-Ying Chen
Affiliation:
Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Jann-Tay Wang
Affiliation:
Departments of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
Kwan-Dun Wu
Affiliation:
Departments of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
Shan-Chwen Chang*
Affiliation:
Departments of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
*
Section of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan (changsc@ntu.edu.tw)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 7 , July 2009 , pp. 718 - 719
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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