Earlier positivity of central-venous- versus peripheral-blood cultures is highly predictive of catheter-related sepsis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 105-109

  Blot, François ^a   Schmidt, Eric ^a   Nitenberg, Gérard ^a   Tancrède, Cyrille ^a   Leclercq, Bernard ^a   Laplanche, Agnès ^a   Andremont, Antoine ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

EID: 0031975454     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.1.105-109.1998     Document Type: Article

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