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Retrospective Analysis of Culture-Positive Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Infections at an Academic Medical Center

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Christina Liscynesky  and
Kurt B. Stevenson
Christina Liscynesky*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio
Kurt B. Stevenson
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio
*
N-1105 Doan Hall, 410 West 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210 (christina.liscynesky@osumc.edu)
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Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 10 , October 2012 , pp. 1063 - 1064
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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