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Double, Double, Toil and Trouble Infections Still Spreading in Long-Term–Care Facilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Suzanne F. Bradley
Suzanne F. Bradley*
Affiliation:
Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Geriatric Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, She is also with the Geriatric Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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GRECC 11G, VAAAHS, 2215 Fuller Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105sbradley@umich.edu
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , March 2005 , pp. 227 - 230
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2005

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