Predictive value of surveillance skin and hub cultures in central venous catheters sepsis

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 191-198

  Fan, S T ^a,b   Teoh Chan, C H ^a,b   Lau, K F ^a,b   Chu, K W ^a,b   Kwan, A K B ^a,b   Wong, K K ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Central venous catheters; surveillance hub cultures; surveillance skin cultures

Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COMPLICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SEPSIS; SKIN CULTURE; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPTICEMIA; SKIN;

EID: 0023739011     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0195-6701(88)90006-0     Document Type: Article

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