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Antibiotic Resistance in Non–Major Metropolitan Skilled Nursing Facilities: Prevalence and Interfacility Variation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Christopher J. Crnich ,
Megan Duster ,
Timothy Hess ,
David R. Zimmerman  and
Paul Drinka
Christopher J. Crnich*
Affiliation:
School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin William S. Middleton Veterans Affairs Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin
Megan Duster
Affiliation:
School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Timothy Hess
Affiliation:
School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
David R. Zimmerman
Affiliation:
School of Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Paul Drinka
Affiliation:
School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
*
1685 Highland Avenue, MFCB 5217, Madison, WI 53705 (cjc@medicine.wisc.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 11 , November 2012 , pp. 1172 - 1174
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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