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Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infections in 2 Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Linda L. Wolfenden ,
Grant Anderson ,
Emir Veledar  and
Arjun Srinivasan
Linda L. Wolfenden*
Affiliation:
Divisions of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Grant Anderson
Affiliation:
School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Emir Veledar
Affiliation:
Cardiology, Atlanta, Georgia
Arjun Srinivasan
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, Georgia Emory University, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Emory University, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, 1365A Clifton Road, 4th floor, Atlanta, GA 30322 ([email protected])
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , January 2007 , pp. 105 - 106
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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