Defining intravascular catheter-related infections: A plea for uniformity

Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 4 SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages 2S-4S

  Mermel, Leonard Alan ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter infection; Catheter sepsis; Definition; Intravascular device

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STANDARDIZATION;

BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; SEPSIS; TERMINOLOGY;

NEOPLEA; STAPHYLOCOCCI;

EID: 0031005074     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0899-9007(97)00214-1     Document Type: Article

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