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Cerebrospinal Fluid Infection Associated with Silver-Impregnated External Ventricular Drain Catheters

Ross Atkinson, Lubna Fikrey, Anna Jones, Catherine Pringle, Hiren C. Patel

World Neurosurgery · 2016 · 24 citations · 15 references

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