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Early identification of bacteremia by biochemical markers of systemic inflammation

M Rintala Department of Medicine and Microbiology, Satakunta Central Hospital, Pori, Finland;
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J Aittoniemi Centre for Laboratory Medicine, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland;
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S Laine Department of Pathology, Turku University, Turku, Finland;
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T.J Nevalainen Department of Medicine and Microbiology, Satakunta Central Hospital, Pori, Finland;
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J Nikoskelainen Department of Medicine, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland
Pages 523-530 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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