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Failure of HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis after a Work-Related Needlestick Injury

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Adrian Camacho-Ortiz
Adrian Camacho-Ortiz*
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González, ” Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
*
Adrian Camacho-Ortiz, MD, Professor of Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine, University Hospital, “Dr. José Eleuterio González, ” Avenida Madero y Gonzalitos, Colonia Mitras Centro, Monterrey, Nuevo León CP 64460, México (acamacho_md@yahoo.com)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 6 , June 2012 , pp. 646 - 647
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012 

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