Uncertainties and future research topics in the management of suspected catheter-related infection [1]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1946-

  Rijnders, B J A ^a   Van Wijngaerden, E ^a   Vandecasteele, S J ^a   Peetermans, W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0035577433     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323553     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Guidelines for the management of intravascular catheter-related infections
2. Diagnosis of central venous catheter-related sepsis: Critical level of quantitative tip cultures
3. Quantitative culture of intravenous catheters and other intravascular inserts
4. Difference in time-to-positivity of hub blood versus non-hub blood cultures is not useful for the diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection in critically ill patients