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Bloodstream Infection From a Port-A-Cath: Successful Treatment With the Antibiotic Lock Technique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Thomas Bregenzer  and
Andreas F. Widmer
Thomas Bregenzer
Affiliation:
University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
Andreas F. Widmer
Affiliation:
University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 17 , Issue 12 , December 1996 , pp. 772
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1996

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