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Higher Incidence of Catheter-Related Bacteremia in Jugular Site with Tracheostomy than in Femoral Site

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Leonardo Lorente*
Affiliation:
Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Alejandro Jiménez
Affiliation:
Research Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Cayetano Naranjo
Affiliation:
Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Jorge Martínez
Affiliation:
Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
José Luis Iribarren
Affiliation:
Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Juan José Jiménez
Affiliation:
Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Ruth Santacreu
Affiliation:
Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
María M. Martín
Affiliation:
Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
María Luisa Mora
Affiliation:
Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
*
Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Ofra s/n, La Cuesta, La Laguna, 38320, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain(, lorentemartin@msn.com)
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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