Colonization and infection of pulmonary artery catheter in cardiac surgery patients: Epidemiology and multivariate analysis of risk factors

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 971-975

  Kac, Guillaume ^a   Durain, Eric ^a   Amrein, Catherine ^a   Hérisson, Elisabeth ^a   Fiemeyer, Annick ^a   Buu Hoï, Annie ^a  

^a HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Bacterial infection; Bloodstream infection; Cardiac surgery; Colonization of catheters; Critical care; Duration of catheterization; Gram negative bacteria; Insertion of catheter; Nosocomial infection; Pulmonary artery catheter

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0035004252     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200105000-00014     Document Type: Article

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