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Current Definitions of Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection Is the Emperor Wearing Clothes?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Daniel J. Sexton ,
Luke F. Chen  and
Deverick J. Anderson
Daniel J. Sexton*
Affiliation:
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Luke F. Chen
Affiliation:
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Deverick J. Anderson
Affiliation:
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
*
Box 102359, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 27710, ([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 12 , December 2010 , pp. 1286 - 1289
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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