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Role of Biofilm in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Colonization and Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Joseph S. Cervia ,
Girolamo A. Ortolano ,
Francis P. Canonica  and
Morven B. McAlister
Joseph S. Cervia*
Affiliation:
Pall Medical, East Hills, and, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Girolamo A. Ortolano
Affiliation:
Pall Medical, East Hills, and, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Francis P. Canonica
Affiliation:
Pall Medical, East Hills, and, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Morven B. McAlister
Affiliation:
Pall Medical, East Hills, and, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
*
Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Medical Director, Pall Medical, 2200 Northern Boulevard, East Hills, NY 11548 (joe_cervia@pall.com)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 9 , September 2009 , pp. 925 - 927
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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