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February 1, 2001Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Reality Check: Should We Try to Detect and Isolate Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Patients?

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BOBelinda OstrowskyCenters for Disease Control and PreventionJSJames SteinbergEmory UniversityBFBarry M. FarrRutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Ostrowsky et al. (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a21075efd1130a429f65522https://doi.org/10.1086/501874
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