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Evaluation of Surgical-Site Infections Following Cardiovascular Surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Diler Coskun ,
Jale Aytac ,
Seda Deveci  and
Emine Sönmez
Diler Coskun
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Kadir Has University
Jale Aytac
Affiliation:
Florence Nightingale Hospital
Seda Deveci
Affiliation:
Florence Nightingale Hospital
Emine Sönmez
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Kadir Has UniversityIstanbul, Turkey
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 25 , Issue 6 , June 2004 , pp. 451 - 453
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2004

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