Peripherally inserted central catheters in patients with aids are associated with a low infection rate

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 949-952

  Skiest, D J ^a   Abbott, M ^a   Keiser, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CELL COUNT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION RATE; INFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PHLEBITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034465385     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313822     Document Type: Article

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