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108 - Infections associated with urinary catheters

from Part XIII - Nosocomial infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2015

Lindsay E. Nicolle
Affiliation:
University of Manitoba
David Schlossberg
Affiliation:
Temple University, Philadelphia
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