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Bacteremia Caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in a Dialysis Patient With a Long-Term Central Venous Catheter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Ismail Hamdi Kara ,
Mehmet Emin Yilmaz ,
Dede Şit ,
Ali Kemal Kadiroğlu  and
Ömer Faruk Kökoğlu
Ismail Hamdi Kara
Affiliation:
Department of Family Practice and Hemodialysis Center, Dicle University Medical School, Diyarbakir
Dede Şit
Affiliation:
Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Nephrology, Dicle University Medical School, Diyarbakir
Ali Kemal Kadiroğlu
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Dicle University Medical School, Diyarbakir
Ömer Faruk Kökoğlu
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease, S.I University Medical School, Kahraman Maraş, Turkey
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 5 , May 2006 , pp. 535 - 536
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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