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Epidemiologic Typing Systems for Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

David Birnbaum,
Michael Kelly and
Anthony W. Chow
David Birnbaum*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Michael Kelly
Affiliation:
Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Anthony W. Chow
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, G.F. Strong Research Laboratory, Vancouver General Hospital, 2733 Heather St., Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1M9, Canada
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 12 , Issue 5 , May 1991, pp. 319 - 326
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1991 

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