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Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia and Peripheral Vascular Catheters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Evonne T. Curran*
Affiliation:
Health Protection Scotland, National Health Service (NHS) National Services Scotland, Health Protection Scotland, 4th Floor, Meridian Court, 5 Cadogan Street, Glasgow G2 6QE, United Kingdom
Shona Cairns
Affiliation:
Health Protection Scotland, National Health Service (NHS) National Services Scotland, Health Protection Scotland, 4th Floor, Meridian Court, 5 Cadogan Street, Glasgow G2 6QE, United Kingdom
Jacqueline Reilly
Affiliation:
Health Protection Scotland, National Health Service (NHS) National Services Scotland, Health Protection Scotland, 4th Floor, Meridian Court, 5 Cadogan Street, Glasgow G2 6QE, United Kingdom
Oliver Blatchford
Affiliation:
Health Protection Scotland, National Health Service (NHS) National Services Scotland, Health Protection Scotland, 4th Floor, Meridian Court, 5 Cadogan Street, Glasgow G2 6QE, United Kingdom
*
Health Protection Scotland, NHS National Services Scotland, Health Protection Scotland, 4th Floor, Meridian Court, 5 Cadogan Street, Glasgow G2 6QE, United Kingdom (evonne.curran@nhs.net)
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Abstract

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Type
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Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

References

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