Catheter-associated infections: A necessary evil

Antimicrobics and Infectious Diseases Newsletter

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 49-54

  Stratton, Charles W ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; MINOCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ANTISEPSIS; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTAMINATION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION RISK; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032108279     PISSN: 1069417X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1069-417X(00)88354-5     Document Type: Article

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