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Antimicrobial Therapy of Septicemic Patients in Intensive Care Units before and after Blood Culture Reporting

Esa Rintala From the Department of Medicine, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland
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Veli Kairisto Department of Clinical Microbiology, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland
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Erkki Eerola Department of Medical Microbiology, Turku University, Turku, Finland
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Jukka Nikoskelainen From the Department of Medicine, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland
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Olli-Pekka Lehtonen Department of Clinical Microbiology, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland
Pages 341-346 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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Jesús Rodríguez-Baño, Marina de Cueto, Pilar Retamar & Juan Gálvez-Acebal. (2010) Current management of bloodstream infections. Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy 8:7, pages 815-829.
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