Antibiotic-coated central lines: Do they work in the critical care setting?

Clinical Intensive Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-28

  Wright, F ^a   Heyland, D K ^a   Drover, J W ^a   McDonald, S ^a   Zoutman, D ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MINOCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CANDIDA; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; OCCLUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0035086342     PISSN: 09563075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/tcic.12.1.21.28     Document Type: Article

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