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Antibiotic-Impregnated Catheters Associated With Significant Decrease in Nosocomial and Multidrug-Resistant Bacteremias in Critically Ill Patients

Hend Hanna, Issam Raad, Brenda Hackett, Susannah Kish Wallace, Kristen Price, David Coyle, C. Lee Parmley

CHEST Journal · 2003 · 83 citations · 20 references

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CDC definitions for nosocomial infections, 1988

Julia S. Garner, William R. Jarvis, T.Grace Emori et al. · American Journal of Infection Control · 1988 · 5.8K citations

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A Semiquantitative Culture Method for Identifying Intravenous-Catheter-Related Infection

Dennis G. Maki, Carol E. Weise, Harold W. Sarafin · New England Journal of Medicine · 1977 · 2.1K citations

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Guidelines for the Management of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections

Leonard A. Mermel, Barry M. Farr, Robert J. Sherertz et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2001 · 1.5K citations

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Nosocomial bloodstream infection in critically ill patients. Excess length of stay, extra costs, and attributable mortality

Didier Pittet · JAMA · 1994 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Nosocomial Bloodstream Infection in Critically III Patients

Didier Pittet · JAMA · 1994 · 945 citations

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