A silicone ventricular catheter coated with a combination of rifampin and trimethoprim for the prevention of catheter-related infections

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 287, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 147-156

  Kohnen, Wolfgang ^a   Schäper, Jan ^b   Klein, Oliver ^a   Tieke, Bernd ^b   Jansen, Bernd ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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EID: 0031910924     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(98)80161-8     Document Type: Article

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