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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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