320VRE Colonization and Infection at the NIH Clinical Center (NIHCC)
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320. VRE Colonization and Infection at the NIH Clinical Center (NIHCC) Heather Y. Hughes, MD; Robin T. Odom, MS; Angela V. Michelin, MPH; Evan S. Snitkin, PhD; David K. Henderson, MD, FIDSA; Tara N. Palmore, MD; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD; Hospital Epidemiology Service, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, NIH, Bethesda, MD; National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD; National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD; National Institutes of Health Clinical Center and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD
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