Use of 'locked-in' antibiotic to treat an unusual gram-negative hemodialysis catheter infection

Nephron

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 348-350

  Shah, Jirgis ^a   Feinfeld, Donald A ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis; Locked in antibiotic; Tunneled catheter, infection; Xanthomonas maltophilia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INSTILLATION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 0033848132     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000045686     Document Type: Article

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