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Lack of Seasonality in the Occurrence of Multidrug-Resistant Acinectobacter baumannii Complex

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Yuriko Fukuta ,
Lloyd G. Clarke ,
Ryan K. Shields ,
Marilyn M. Wagener ,
A. William Pasculle  and
Yohei Doi
Yuriko Fukuta
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Lloyd G. Clarke
Affiliation:
Antibiotic Management Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ryan K. Shields
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Marilyn M. Wagener
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A. William Pasculle
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Yohei Doi*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, S829 Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 (yod4@pitt.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 10 , October 2012 , pp. 1051 - 1052
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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