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Early development of bacterial community diversity in emergently placed urinary catheters

BACKGROUND: Approximately 25% of hospitalized patients have a urinary catheter, and catheter associated urinary tract infection is the most common nosocomial infection in the US, causing >1 million cases/year. However, the natural history of the biofilms that rapidly form on urinary catheters and...

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Autores principales: Foxman, Betsy, Wu, Jianfeng, Farrer, Emily C, Goldberg, Deborah E, Younger, John G, Xi, Chuanwu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3500218/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22738659
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-332