Infections associated with urinary catheters

Catheter-Related Infections, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 551-584

  Chenoweth, Carol E ^a   Saint, Sanjay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

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