Bacterial colonization and peripheral bacteraemia associated with central venous haemodialysis catheters: A cross-sectional study

Nephrology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 557-561

  Dittmer, Ian D ^a,b   Sharp, Dot ^a   McNulty, Cliodna A M ^a   Williams, Anthony J ^a   Banks, Richard A ^a  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central venous catheterization; Haemodialysis; Infection

Indexed keywords

COAGULASE;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031425662     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.1997.tb00241.x     Document Type: Article

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