Gastrointestinal Colonization and VRE in a Hemodialysis Unit

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عنوان ژورنال: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

سال: 2002

ISSN: 0899-823X,1559-6834

DOI: 10.1017/s0195941700082813