Nosocomial infections with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in liver transplant recipients: risk factors for acquisition and mortality.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on October 01, 1996

Authors

G A Papanicolaou1, B R Meyers, J Meyers, M H Mendelson, W Lou, S Emre, P Sheiner, C Miller

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1: Division of Infectious Diseases, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.

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