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Antibiotic Susceptibility of Urinary Isolates in Nursing Home Residents Consuming Cranberry Capsules Versus Placebo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2015

Gregory R. Madden ,
Stephanie M. Argraves ,
Peter H. Van Ness  and
Manisha Juthani-Mehta
Gregory R. Madden*
Affiliation:
Yale Internal Medicine Residency Program, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut
Stephanie M. Argraves
Affiliation:
Yale Program on Aging, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Peter H. Van Ness
Affiliation:
Yale Program on Aging, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatrics Section, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Manisha Juthani-Mehta
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
*
Address correspondence to Gregory Madden, MD, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine Residency Programs, PO Box 208033, New Haven, CT 06520-8033 (Gregory.Madden@Yale.edu).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , March 2015 , pp. 356 - 357
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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