Hickman-Broviac catheter-related infections in children with malignancies

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 320-326

  Stamou, Sotiris C ^a,d   Maltezou, Helen C ^a   Pourtsidis, Apostolos ^b   Psaltopoulou, Theodora ^a   Skondras, Constantine ^a   Aivazoglou, Theodore ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloodstream infections; Children; Hickman Broviac catheters; Malignancies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 0033202035     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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