A comparison of two antimicrobial-impregnated central venous catheters

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-8

  Darouiche, Rabih O ^a   Raad, Issam I ^b   Heard, Stephen O ^b   Thornby, John I ^b   Wenker, Olivier C ^b   Gabrielli, Andrea ^b   Berg, Johannes ^b   Khardori, Nancy ^b   Hanna, Hend ^b   Hachem, Ray ^b   Harris, Richard L ^b   Mayhall, Glen ^b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; MINOCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HUMAN; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHLORHEXIDINE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MINOCYCLINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIFAMPIN; RISK FACTORS; SILVER SULFADIAZINE;

EID: 0033531147     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199901073400101     Document Type: Article

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