Temperature Sensors: Potential Source of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
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Hospital tap water as a source of stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection.
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0899-823X,1559-6834
DOI: 10.1017/s0195941700084320