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Original Article

Nosocomial bloodstream infections in children and adolescents in southern Israel: A 10-year prospective study (1992–2001)

Maya Frank From the Paediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Centre, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Elvira Gur From the Paediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Centre, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Noga Givon-Lavi From the Paediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Centre, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Nehama Peled Microbiology Laboratories, Soroka University Medical Centre, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Ron Dagan From the Paediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Centre, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Eugene Leibovitz From the Paediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Centre, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, IsraelCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 177-183 | Received 12 Oct 2004, Accepted 20 Dec 2004, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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