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Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Associated With Intra-aortic Balloon Pumps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Lawrence Eisenstein ,
Colleen Daly  and
Burke A. Cunha
Lawrence Eisenstein
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York and State University of New York, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
Colleen Daly
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York and State University of New York, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
Burke A. Cunha
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York and State University of New York, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , January 2003 , pp. 5 - 6
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2003

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