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Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus epidermidis: Curio or Omen?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Larry J. Strausbaugh
Larry J. Strausbaugh*
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Section, Medical Service, Veterans' Affairs Medical Center; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon
*
Medical Service (P-3-ID), Veterans'Affairs Medical Center, PO Box 1034, Portland, OR 97207
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , March 1999, pp. 163 - 165
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1999 

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