Nosocomial coagulase-negative staphylococcal infections in bone marrow transplantation recipients with central vein catheter: A 5-year prospective study

Transplantation

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 430-434

  Engelhard, Dan ^a   Elishoov, Hanita ^a   Strauss, Nurith ^a   Naparstek, Elizabeth ^a   Nagler, Arnon ^a   Simhon, Alberto ^a   Raveh, David ^a   Slavin, Shimon ^a   Or, Reuven ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COAGULASE; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030047822     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199602150-00020     Document Type: Article

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