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Health care-associated infections in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in COVID critical care areas
Infecciones relacionadas con la asistencia sanitaria en pacientes con neumonía COVID-19 en áreas de cuidados intensivos COVID
J. Marin-Corrala,b,c,1,
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, S. Pascual-Guardiac,d,e,1, R. Muñoz-Bermúdeza,b, A. Salazar-Degraciaa,b, C. Climenta,b, C. Vilà-Vilardella,b, M. Acera,b, M. Picornella,b, M.I. Restrepoc,f, J.R. Masclansa,b,g,2, F. Álvarez-Lermaa,b,g,2
a Critical Care Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
b Critical Illness Research Group (GREPAC), Institut Hospital del Mar d’Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
c Division of Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
d Respiratory Department, Hospital del Mar, IMIM, Barcelona, Spain
e Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain
f Section of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX, USA
g Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain
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