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. 2018 Jun 1;67(21):611-612.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6721a6.

Notes from the Field: Verona Integron-Encoded Metallo-Beta-Lactamase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Outbreak in a Long-Term Acute Care Hospital - Orange County, Florida, 2017

Danielle Rankin, Luz Caicedo, Nychie Dotson, Paige Gable, Alvina Chu

Notes from the Field: Verona Integron-Encoded Metallo-Beta-Lactamase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Outbreak in a Long-Term Acute Care Hospital - Orange County, Florida, 2017

Danielle Rankin et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
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Colonization of patients at a long-term acute care hospital with Verona integron-encoded metallo-beta-lactamase–producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa, timing of point prevalence surveys and implementation of infection control, and isolate pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) results — Orange County, Florida, July–September, 2017 Abbreviation: PPS = point prevalence survey.
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