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Peripherally inserted central catheter as a predominant risk factor for candidemia in critically ill patients in Internal Medicine wards in Italy

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  1. U.O. Malattie Infettive (Infectious Diseases Unit), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy

    Carlo Tascini, Simona Fortunato & Francesco Menichetti

  2. U.O. Medicina d’Urgenza (Emergency Medicine Unit) Universitaria, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy

    Emanuela Sozio, Giancarlo Tintori, Elena Rosselli Del Turco & Franco Carmassi

  3. Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Via Moruzzi, 1, 56124, Pisa, Italy

    Andrea Ripoli & Francesco Sbrana

  4. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences–Medicine management, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy

    Giacomo Bertolino

  5. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences–Microbiology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

    Gianluigi Cardinali

  6. Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, CEMIN, Centre of Excellence on Nanostructured Innovative Materials, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

    Gianluigi Cardinali

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Tascini, C., Sozio, E., Tintori, G. et al. Peripherally inserted central catheter as a predominant risk factor for candidemia in critically ill patients in Internal Medicine wards in Italy. Intensive Care Med 41, 1498–1499 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-015-3892-0

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