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. 2021 Oct:206:128-130.
doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2021.08.019. Epub 2021 Aug 25.

Venous thromboembolism is not a risk factor for the development of bloodstream infections in critically ill COVID-19 patients

Wolmet E Haksteen  1 , Bashar N Hilderink  2 , Romein W G Dujardin  3 , Rogier R Jansen  4 , Caspar J Hodiamont  5 , Pieter R Tuinman  6 , Jasper M Smit  6 , Marcella C A Müller  7 , Nicole P Juffermans  8
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Venous thromboembolism is not a risk factor for the development of bloodstream infections in critically ill COVID-19 patients

Wolmet E Haksteen et al. Thromb Res. 2021 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: Bloodstream infections; COVID-19; Critically ill; Outcome; Venous thromboembolism.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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