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Vascular Catheters Impregnated With Antimicrobial Agents Present Knowledge and Future Direction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Issam I. Raad
Issam I. Raad*
Affiliation:
University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Section of Infection Control, Houston, Texas
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Section of Infection Control, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , April 1997 , pp. 227 - 229
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1997

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