Incidence and clinical implication of nosocomial infections associated with implantable biomaterials - catheters, ventilator-associated pneumonia, urinary tract infections.

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Published in GMS Krankenhhyg Interdiszip on December 15, 2011

Authors

Josef Peter Guggenbichler1, Ojan Assadian, Michael Boeswald, Axel Kramer

Author Affiliations

1: Univ. Erlangen, Department of Pediatrics and Ped. Infectious Diseases, Erlangen, Germany.

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