External ventricular drainage catheters: Effect of surface heparinization on bacterial colonization and infection

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1377-1383

  Lundberg, F ^a   Wady, L ^a   Soderstrom S ^a   Siesjo P ^a   Larm, O ^b   Ljungh, A ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Medicarb AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Catheters; Heparinization; Ventricular drainage

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAIN; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SKIN FLORA; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRAINAGE; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HEPARIN; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 0034469648     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010070008     Document Type: Article

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