Mechanisms and risk factors for infection of pulmonary artery catheters and introducer sheaths in cancer patients admitted to an intensive care unit

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 289-297

  Blot, F ^a   Chachaty, E ^a   Raynard, B ^a   Antoun, S ^a   Bourgain, J L ^a   Nitenberg, G ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Catheter related infection; Intensive care unit; Pulmonary artery catheter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY; RECORDING; RISK FACTOR; SWAN GANZ CATHETER;

EID: 0034926343     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2001.1014     Document Type: Article

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