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The impact of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections.

Nosocomial bloodstream infections are a leading cause of death in the United States. If we assume a nosocomial infection rate of 5%, of which 10% are bloodstream infections, and an attributable mortality rate of 15%, bloodstream infections would represent the eighth leading cause of death in the Uni...

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Autores principales: Wenzel, R P, Edmond, M B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2631709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11294700

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