Relevance of the catheter hub as a portal for microorganisms causing catheter-related bloodstream infections

Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 4 SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages 15S-17S

  Salzman, Mark B ^a,c,d   Rubin, Lorry G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^d College of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter hub; Catheter related sepsis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CATHETER INFECTION; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030965833     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0899-9007(97)00217-7     Document Type: Article

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