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Antibiotic Resistance in ICUs: A Multifaceted Problem Requiring a Multifaceted Solution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Robert Gaynes
Robert Gaynes*
Affiliation:
Hospital Infections Program, National Centerfor Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Chief Nosocomial Infections Surveillance Activity, Hospital Infections Program, Mailstop E55, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 16 , Issue 6 , June 1995, pp. 328 - 330
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1995 

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