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Intra-abdominal Abscesses and Laparoscopic Versus Open Appendectomies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

S. Brümmer ,
D. Sohr  and
P. Gastmeier
S. Brümmer
Affiliation:
Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Charité University Medicine Berlin, and the National Reference Center for Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections, Berlin, Germany
D. Sohr
Affiliation:
Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Charité University Medicine Berlin, and the National Reference Center for Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections, Berlin, Germany
P. Gastmeier*
Affiliation:
Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Charité University Medicine Berlin, and the National Reference Center for Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections, Berlin, Germany
*
Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Hindenburg-damm 27, D 12 203 Berlin, Germany( Petra.Gastmeier@charite.de)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 7 , July 2009 , pp. 713 - 715
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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