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Reply to Jaber et al.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Erik R. Dubberke ,
Justin Sadhu ,
Robert Gatti ,
Kimberly A. Reske ,
John F. DiPersio ,
Steven M. Devine  and
Victoria J. Fraser
Erik R. Dubberke*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
Justin Sadhu
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
Robert Gatti
Affiliation:
University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Dentistry, Kansas City, Missouri
Kimberly A. Reske
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
John F. DiPersio
Affiliation:
Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, Missouri, Saint Louis
Steven M. Devine
Affiliation:
Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, Missouri, Saint Louis
Victoria J. Fraser
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8051, 660 S. Euclid Ave. Saint Louis, MO 63110 (edubberk@im.wustl.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , February 2008 , pp. 189 - 190
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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