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Analysis of Independent Risk Factors for Death Among Pediatric Patients With Candidemia and a Central Venous Catheter in Place

Alessandro C. Pasqualotto, Anaelena Bragança de Moraes, Roselaine R Zanini, Luiz Carlos Severo

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 2007 · 59 citations · 38 references

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Abstract

Results from this study suggest that systematic removal of catheters from pediatric patients with candidemia does not reduce the occurrence of late death.

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