Outbreak of pyrogenic reactions and gram-negative bacteremia in a hemodialysis center

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 85-89

  Jackson, Benita M ^a   Beck Sague, Consuelo M ^b   Bland, Lee A ^b   Arduino, Matthew J ^b   Meyer, Lisa ^a   Jarvis, William R ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gram negative bacteremia; Hemodialysis; Pyrogenic reactions

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; PYROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HEMODIALYSIS SOLUTIONS; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RENAL DIALYSIS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0028240540     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: 14219670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000168694     Document Type: Article

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