Central venous catheter-related sepsis in a cohort of 366 hospitalised patients

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 203-209

  Tacconelli, E ^a   Tumbarello, M ^a   Pittiruti, M ^a   Leone, F ^a   Lucia, M B ^a   Cauda, R ^a   Ortona, L ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD DISEASE; CANDIDA; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APACHE; CANDIDIASIS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUTROPENIA; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030902711     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01709582     Document Type: Article

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