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  1. NIHR Health Protection Research Unit, Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infection, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Gabriel Birgand

  2. Department of Intensive Care and Centre for Infectious Diseases, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Jeroen Schouten

  3. Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, 75018, Paris, France

    Etienne Ruppé

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Birgand, G., Schouten, J. & Ruppé, E. Less contact isolation is more in the ICU: con. Intensive Care Med 46, 1732–1734 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-019-05887-5

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