Steady Inflow of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci from Outside a Hospital
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عنوان ژورنال: Korean Journal of Healthcare-Associated Infection Control and Prevention
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2508-5999
DOI: 10.14192/kjhaicp.2017.22.2.63