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Nosocomial infection after lung surgery: incidence and risk factors.

Daniel N DN Nan, Marta M Fernández-Ayala, Concepción C Fariñas-Alvarez, Roberto R Mons, Francisco J FJ Ortega, Jesús J González-Macías, and M Carmen MC Fariñas

Chest 128(4):2647-52 (2005) PMID 16236938

To assess the incidence and risk factors for nosocomial infection after lung surgery.

DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.4.2647
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