A new scoring system for the clinical diagnosis of catheter-related infections

Infection

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Lugauer, S ^a   Regenfus, Anja ^a   Boswald M ^a   Martus, P ^a   Geis, Christine ^a   Bechert, T ^a   Greil, J ^a   Guggenbichler, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHIVERING;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; HUMANS; INFECTION; SEPSIS;

EID: 0033027435     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02561619     Document Type: Article

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