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Bloodstream Infections in Hemodialysis Patients: Getting Some Deserved Attention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Jerome I. Tokars
Jerome I. Tokars*
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
1600 Clifton Rd. E-55, Atlanta, GA30345
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 23 , Issue 12 , December 2002 , pp. 713 - 715
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2002

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