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Preliminary evaluation of a new clinical algorithm to interpret blood cultures growing coagulase-negative staphylococci

David SchnellUniversité Paris 11, Faculté de Médecine – Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, CHU Antoine Beclère, Réanimation Chirurgicale, Département d’Anesthésie, Clamart;Université Paris 5, Faculté de Médecine – Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, CHU Necker–Enfants Malades, Laboratoire de Microbiologie–Hygiène Hospitalière;Université Paris 5, Faculté de Médecine – Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, CHU Necker–Enfants Malades, Equipe Mobile d’Infectiologie, Paris, France
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Hervé LécuyerUniversité Paris 5, Faculté de Médecine – Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, CHU Necker–Enfants Malades, Laboratoire de Microbiologie–Hygiène Hospitalière
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Thomas GeeraertsUniversité Paris 11, Faculté de Médecine – Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, CHU Antoine Beclère, Réanimation Chirurgicale, Département d’Anesthésie, Clamart
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Anne-Sylvie DumenilUniversité Paris 11, Faculté de Médecine – Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, CHU Antoine Beclère, Réanimation Chirurgicale, Département d’Anesthésie, Clamart
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Emmanuelle BilleUniversité Paris 5, Faculté de Médecine – Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, CHU Necker–Enfants Malades, Laboratoire de Microbiologie–Hygiène Hospitalière
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Frédéric J. MercierUniversité Paris 11, Faculté de Médecine – Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, CHU Antoine Beclère, Réanimation Chirurgicale, Département d’Anesthésie, Clamart
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Dan BenhamouUniversité Paris 11, Faculté de Médecine – Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, CHU Antoine Beclère, Réanimation Chirurgicale, Département d’Anesthésie, Clamart
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Jean-Ralph ZaharUniversité Paris 5, Faculté de Médecine – Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, CHU Necker–Enfants Malades, Laboratoire de Microbiologie–Hygiène Hospitalière;Université Paris 5, Faculté de Médecine – Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, CHU Necker–Enfants Malades, Equipe Mobile d’Infectiologie, Paris, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 562-566 | Received 13 Nov 2012, Accepted 06 Jan 2013, Published online: 04 Feb 2013

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