Central venous catheter-related infection - back to basics

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Divisions of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Editorial

Mervyn Mer. Afr J Thorac Crit Care Med. 2022.

. 2022 May 5;28(1):10.7196/AJTCCM.2022.v28i1.244.

doi: 10.7196/AJTCCM.2022.v28i1.244. eCollection 2022.

¹ Department of Medicine, Divisions of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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