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When Should Contact Precautions and Active Surveillance Be Used to Manage Patients with Multidrug-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Joshua T. Freeman ,
Deborah A. Williamson  and
Deverick J. Anderson
Joshua T. Freeman*
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology and Infection Prevention and Control, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
Deborah A. Williamson
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology and Infection Prevention and Control, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
Deverick J. Anderson
Affiliation:
Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
*
Department of Microbiology, LabPlus, Auckland City Hospital, 2 Grafton Road, Auckland, New Zealand (JoshuaF@adhb.govt.nz)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 7 , July 2012 , pp. 753 - 756
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