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Nosocomial Central Venous Catheter Infections Among Patients With Different Types of Cancer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

David M. Weinstock ,
Maureen Rogers ,
Janet Eagan ,
Sharp Abdel Malak  and
Kent A. Sepkowitz
David M. Weinstock
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
Maureen Rogers
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
Janet Eagan
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
Sharp Abdel Malak
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
Kent A. Sepkowitz
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 23 , Issue 5 , May 2002 , pp. 234 - 235
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2002

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