Prevalence of primary bloodstream infections in representative German hospitals and their association with central and peripheral vascular catheters

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 287, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 93-103

  Wischnewski, Nicoletta ^a   Kampf, Günter ^a   Gastmeier, Petra ^a   Schlingmann, Jürgen ^b   Daschner, Franz ^b   Schumacher, Martin ^b   Rüden, Henning ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 0031951979     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(98)80152-7     Document Type: Article

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