Bloodstream infection after kidney transplantation: epidemiology, microbiology, associated risk factors, and outcome.

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Published in Transplantation on September 15, 2010

Authors

Moacyr Silva1, Alexandre R Marra, Carlos A P Pereira, José O Medina-Pestana, Luis F A Camargo

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo-EPM/Hospital Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. moacyrjunior8@hotmail.com

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