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Enterococcus Species and the Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection Surveillance Definition: Evaluating the Importance of Blood Culture Contamination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

J. T. Freeman ,
D. J. Anderson  and
D. J. Sexton
J. T. Freeman*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; and Department of Clinical Microbiology, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand
D. J. Anderson
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
D. J. Sexton
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
*
Auckland City Hospital, Grafton, Auckland (joshuaf@adhb.govt.nz)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 7 , July 2013 , pp. 762 - 763
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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