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Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Colonization With Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Positive Outpatients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Chad Achenbach ,
E. Flores ,
P. Ferrell ,
D. Pitrak  and
S.G. Weber
Chad Achenbach
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control Program, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois
E. Flores
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control Program, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois
P. Ferrell
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control Program, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois
D. Pitrak
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control Program, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois
S.G. Weber
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control Program, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , January 2006 , pp. 102 - 104
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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