Journal of Hospital Infection
Volume 76, Issue 2 , Pages 119-123 , October 2010

Diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection in a total parenteral nutrition population: inclusion of sepsis defervescence after removal of culture-positive central venous catheter

  • C.M. Walshe

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland. Tel.: +353 1 8032000; fax: +353 91 494561.
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  • K.S. Boner
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  • J. Bourke
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  • R. Hone
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  • D. Phelan

Received 15 October 2009 ,Accepted 2 April 2010.

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PII: S0195-6701(10)00193-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.04.004

Journal of Hospital Infection
Volume 76, Issue 2 , Pages 119-123 , October 2010

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