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01-04-2021 | Nosocomial Infection | Letter to the Editor

Reduction in nosocomial infections during the COVID-19 era: a lesson to be learned

Authors: Emanuele Cerulli Irelli, Alessandra Morano, Carlo Di Bonaventura

Published in: Updates in Surgery | Issue 2/2021

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Dear Editor-in-chief, …

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Title: Reduction in nosocomial infections during the COVID-19 era: a lesson to be learned
Authors: Emanuele Cerulli Irelli
Alessandra Morano
Carlo Di Bonaventura
Publication date: 01-04-2021
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: Nosocomial Infection
COVID-19
Published in: Updates in Surgery / Issue 2/2021
Print ISSN: 2038-131X
Electronic ISSN: 2038-3312
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13304-020-00925-0

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