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Comment

Chad Robichaux et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Jul.

. 2013 Jul;34(7):763-4.

doi: 10.1086/671075.

No abstract available

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Distribution of pathogens in central line-associated bloodstream infections among patients with and without neutropenia following chemotherapy: evidence for a proposed modification to the current surveillance definition.
Steinberg JP, Robichaux C, Tejedor SC, Reyes MD, Jacob JT. Steinberg JP, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Feb;34(2):171-5. doi: 10.1086/669082. Epub 2012 Dec 13. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013. PMID: 23295563
Enterococcus species and the central line-associated bloodstream infection surveillance definition: evaluating the importance of blood culture contamination.
Freeman JT, Anderson DJ, Sexton DJ. Freeman JT, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Jul;34(7):762-3. doi: 10.1086/671009. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013. PMID: 23739086 No abstract available.