Should lock therapy always be avoided for central venous catheter-associated fungal bloodstream infections? [3]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1947-1948

  Viale, Pierluigi ^a   Petrosillo, Nicola ^b   Signorini, Liana ^a   Puoti, Massimo ^a   Carosi, Giampiero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; FLUCONAZOLE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD FLOW; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; MALE; MYCOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0035577068     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323554     Document Type: Letter

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