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Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: Pervasive and Persistent Pathogens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

John M. Boyce
John M. Boyce*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Brown University, and the Department of Infection Control, Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
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Division of Infectious Diseases, Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave, Providence, RI 02906
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 16 , Issue 12 , December 1995, pp. 676 - 679
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1995 

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