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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Characteristics, causes, and outcome of 54 episodes of bloodstream infections in a cohort of HIV patients

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Pages 611-617 | Received 07 Aug 2014, Accepted 10 Mar 2015, Published online: 15 Apr 2015

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