Central venous catheters as a source of hemodialysis-related bacteremia

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 643-646

  Taylor, Geoffrey D ^a,b   McKenzie, Margaret ^b   Buchanan Chell, Maureen ^b   Caballo, Louise ^b   Chui, Linda ^a   Kowalewska Grochowska, Kinga ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION CONTROL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SEROTYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ALBERTA; BACTEREMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEROTYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032161314     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141527     Document Type: Article

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