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Special Report

Monitoring the epidemiology of bloodstream infections: aims, methods and importance

Mette SøgaardDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Olof Palmes Allé 43-45, 8200 Aarhus N, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Outi LyytikäinenNational Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Mannerheimintie 166, Helsinki, Finland
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Kevin B LauplandDepartment of Medicine, Royal Inland Hospital, 311 Columbia Street, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
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Henrik Carl SchønheyderDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Hobrovej 18-22, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark
Pages 1281-1290 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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