Clinical Utility of Blood Cultures Drawn From Central Vein Catheters and Peripheral Venipuncture in Critically Ill Medical Patients
- 31 March 2003
- Vol. 123 (3), 854-861
- https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.123.3.854
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