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Catheter-Acquired Urinary Tract Infection: The Once and Future Guidelines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Lindsay E. Nicolle
Lindsay E. Nicolle*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
*
Dept of Internal Medicine and Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba Health Sciences Centre, Rm GG443, 820 Sherbrook St, Winnipeg, MB R3A 1R9, Canada (lnicolle@hsc.mb.ca)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , April 2010 , pp. 327 - 329
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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