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Gram-Negative Bacillary Bacteremia and Intravenous Therapy Practices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Issam Raad
Issam Raad*
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
*
U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center- Unit 402, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , March 2004 , pp. 189 - 191
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2004

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