Outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in a renal transplant unit.
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چکیده
1MD, PhD; Professor, Division of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil 2MD; Division of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil 3MPharm, Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil 4PhD, Department of Infectious Diseases and LIM-54, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil 5MD, PhD; Department of Infectious Diseases and LIM-54, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
دوره 15 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011