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. 2019 Nov;20(6):301-302.
doi: 10.1177/1757177419863850. Epub 2019 Aug 12.

Skin microbiome and placement of vascular access: A solved problem?

Giorgia Montrucchio  1 , Vittorio Cerotto  2 , Davide Vailati  3 , Giuseppe Capozzoli  4 , Fabio Gori  5 , Luca Brazzi  1   6
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Skin microbiome and placement of vascular access: A solved problem?

Giorgia Montrucchio et al. J Infect Prev. 2019 Nov.
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Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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