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The diagnostic future for bloodstream infections?

Authors: Paul Philip Dean, Paul Dark

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 2/2011

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Title: The diagnostic future for bloodstream infections?
Authors: Paul Philip Dean
Paul Dark
Publication date: 01-02-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 2/2011
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-010-2062-7

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