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Catheter-Related Bacteremia Caused by Aeromonas hydrophila in a Hemodialysis Patient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Zhou Zhou
Affiliation:
Department of Nephrology, Chengdu Military General Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
Dongyang Guo*
Affiliation:
Department of Nephrology, Chengdu Military General Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
*
270 Rongdu Avenue, Department of Nephrology, Chengdu Military General Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan Province 610083, China ([email protected])
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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