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  1. Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Barts and the London NHS Trust, London, UK

    S. Rosseneu

  2. Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Gustavo Fricke Children’s Hospital, Vina del Mar, Chile

    G. Rios

  3. Department of Intensive Care, Gelre Ziekenhuizen, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

    P.E. Spronk

  4. Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    J.J.M. van Saene

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Rosseneu, S., Rios, G., Spronk, P., van Saene, J. (2005). Carriage. In: van Saene, H.K.F., De La Cal, M.A., Silvestri, L. (eds) Infection Control in the Intensive Care Unit. Topics in Anaesthesia and Critical Care. Springer, Milano . https://doi.org/10.1007/88-470-0361-X_2

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