Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Intravascular Catheter-related Infection: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Overview

Journal Clin Infect Dis

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2009 Jun 4

PMID 19489710

Citations 1005

Authors

Leonard A Mermel

Michael Allon

Emilio Bouza

Donald E Craven

Patricia Flynn

Naomi P OGrady

Issam I Raad

Bart J A Rijnders

Robert J Sherertz

David K Warren

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