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Port-Related Aeromonas Bacteremia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Chin-Ming Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Recreation and Healthcare Management, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan; and Department of Critical Care Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
Chih-Cheng Lai
Affiliation:
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan
Chien-Ming Chao*
Affiliation:
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan Department of Nursing, Min-Hwei College of Health Care Management, Tainan, Taiwan
*
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan (ccm870958@yahoo.com.tw).
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Abstract

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Copyright
© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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