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. 1996 Dec 14;313(7071):1528–1529. doi: 10.1136/bmj.313.7071.1528

An endoluminal brush to detect the infected central venous catheter in situ: a pilot study.

M J Tighe 1, P Kite 1, W N Fawley 1, D Thomas 1, M J McMahon 1
PMCID: PMC2353087  PMID: 8978230

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