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Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae, Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals, and Our Distortions of Reality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

L. Silvia Munoz-Price*
Affiliation:
Departments of Medicine, Public Health Sciences, and Anesthesiology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida; and Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida
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LSM-P: PPW L-302, 1611 NW 12th Avenue, Miami, FL 33134 (smunozprice@med.miami.edu)
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Abstract

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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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