Catheter‐Associated Urinary Tract Infections: A Syllogism Compounded by a Questionable Dichotomy
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Catheter-associated urinary tract infections: a syllogism compounded by a questionable dichotomy.
Received 5 January 2009; accepted 5 January 2009; electronically published 17 March 2009. Reprints or correspondence: Dr. Calvin M. Kunin, 2447 Coventry Rd., Columbus, OH 43221 ([email protected]). Clinical Infectious Diseases 2009; 48:1189–9
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1086/597404