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Catheters, microbes, time, and gold standards.

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Costs of false-positive cultures from central catheters.

Barton T, Mizuta M, Fishman N.

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Mermel LA, Farr BM, Sherertz RJ, Raad II, O'Grady N, Harris JS, Craven DE; Infectious Diseases Society of America; American College of Critical Care Medicine; Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

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