Clinical OutcomesPredictive value of superficial cultures to anticipate tunneled hemodialysis catheter–related bloodstream infection☆,☆☆
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Acknowledgments
We thank the members of the COCADI (Colonized Catheter in Hemodialysis) Study Group for their contribution to the study: Eduardo Verde of the Department of Nephrology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain; Emilia Cercenado, Pablo Martín-Rabadán, Luis Alcalá, Marta Rodríguez-Créixems, and Mª Cruz Menárguez of the Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.
We thank Thomas O’Boyle for his
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Funding sources: This study was partially financed by the Infectious Diseases Program of Fundación BBVA-Fundación Carolina through the research fellowship granted to Loreto Rojas.
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