Long-term central venous catheter infection in hiv-infected and cancer patients: A multicenter cohort study

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 494-498

  Astagneau, Pascal ^a,c   Maugat, Sylvie ^a   Tran Minh, Tuan ^a   Douard, Marie Cécile ^b   Longuet, Pascale ^b   Maslo, Caroline ^b   Patte, Régis ^b   Macrez, Annick ^b   Brücker, Gilles ^a,b  

^a Centre de Coordination de la Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DES CORDELIERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANDIDA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CANDIDA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; COHORT STUDIES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033162155     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501658     Document Type: Article

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