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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Nosocomial bloodstream infections in a Finnish tertiary care hospital: a retrospective cohort study of 2175 episodes during the years 1999–2001 and 2005–2010

Reetta Huttunen From the Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland;University of Tampere Medical School, University of Tampere, Tampere, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Emilia ÅttmanUniversity of Tampere Medical School, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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Janne AittoniemiDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Fimlab Laboratories, Tampere, Finland
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Tuula Outinen From the Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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Jaana Syrjänen From the Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland;University of Tampere Medical School, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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Tommi KärkiDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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Outi LyytikäinenDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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Pages 20-26 | Received 31 Jan 2014, Accepted 15 Aug 2014, Published online: 29 Oct 2014

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