Bacterial counts in canine duodenal fluid after exposure to saline, sodium bicarbonate and hypertonic dextrose solutions used to maintain patency of chronically implanted catheters

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-148

  Lynch, T M ^a   Morris, T H ^a   Dix, J ^a   Nelson, P R ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial counts; Dextrose; Dog; Duodenal contents; Flushing solutions; Phosphate buffered saline; Saline; Sodium bicarbonate; Vascular access ports (VAPs)

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; GLUCOSE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DUODENUM FLUID; FLUSHING; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MALE; NONHUMAN; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0032920407     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367799780578336     Document Type: Article

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