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Prevalence and significance of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from blood cultures in a tertiary hospital

Sebastiaan J. Van Hal From the Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Victoria Frostis From the Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Spiros Miyakis From the Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Deborah Marriott From the Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Jock Harkness From the Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Pages 551-554 | Received 31 Oct 2007, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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