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Epidemic Bloodstream Infections From Hemodynamic Pressure Monitoring: Signs of the Times

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Leonard A. Mermel  and
Dennis G. Maki
Leonard A. Mermel
Affiliation:
Infection Control Department, University of Wisconsin Hospital, and Clinics and the Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
Dennis G. Maki*
Affiliation:
Infection Control Department, University of Wisconsin Hospital, and Clinics and the Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
*
University of Wisconsin, Hospital and Clinics–H4/574, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , February 1989 , pp. 47 - 53
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1989

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