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Clinical Predictors of Infection of Central Venous Catheters Used for Total Parenteral Nutrition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Marcelo Segura  and
Antonio Sitges-Serra
Marcelo Segura
Affiliation:
Hospital Universitari del Mar Barcelona, Spain
Antonio Sitges-Serra
Affiliation:
Hospital Universitari del Mar Barcelona, Spain
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 12 , Issue 7 , July 1991 , pp. 407 - 408
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1991

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