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. 1989 May;33(5):597–601. doi: 10.1128/aac.33.5.597

Infections associated with indwelling devices: concepts of pathogenesis; infections associated with intravascular devices.

G M Dickinson 1, A L Bisno 1
PMCID: PMC172496  PMID: 2665637

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