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Do Prolonged Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheter Dwell Times Increase the Risk of Bloodstream Infection?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Aaron M. Milstone*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Arnab Sengupta
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
*
Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, 200 North Wolfe Street/Rubenstein 3141, Baltimore, MD 21287 (, amilstol@jhmi.edu)

Abstract

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