AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
Volume 36, Issue 10 , Pages S172.e5-S172.e8 , December 2008

Catheter-associated bloodstream infections: Looking outside of the ICU

  • Jonas Marschall, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Jonas Marschall, MD, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Ave, Campus Box 8051, St. Louis, MO 63110.

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 Disclosures: Dr. Marschall received an honorarium for participating in the symposium and writing this article. The author reports no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0196-6553(08)00790-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.10.005

AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
Volume 36, Issue 10 , Pages S172.e5-S172.e8 , December 2008

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