Impact of using an indwelling introducer on diagnosis of Swan-Ganz pulmonary artery catheter colonization

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-75

  Valles J ^a   Rello, J ^a   Matas, L ^a   Fontanals, D ^a   Baigorri, F ^a   Saura, P ^a   Artigas, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

BACTERIA; CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030031739     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01586188     Document Type: Article

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