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CASE REPORT

Lack of hygiene routines among patients and family members at patient hotels—A possible route for transmitting puerperal fever

Gustaf Starlander Department of Clinical Microbiology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Birgitta Lytsy Department of Clinical Microbiology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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Åsa Melhus Department of Clinical Microbiology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
Pages 554-556 | Received 07 Feb 2010, Accepted 12 Feb 2010, Published online: 18 Mar 2010

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