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Mucosal Barrier Injury Laboratory-Confirmed Bloodstream Infection or Contaminant?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Jeffery D. Semel
Jeffery D. Semel*
Affiliation:
NorthShore University HealthSystem, Section of Infectious Diseases, Evanston, Illinois
*
NorthShore University HealthSystem, Section of Infectious Diseases, Burch 118, Evanston Hospital, 2650 Ridge, Evanston, IL 60201 (jsemel@northshore.org)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 12 , December 2013 , pp. 1330 - 1331
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

References

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