Sensitivity of a blood culture drawn through a single lumen of a multilumen, long-term, indwelling, central venous catheter in pediatric oncology patients

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 72-74

  Robinson, Joan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Blood cultures; Catheter infections; Line related infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER PATIENT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036156226     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200201000-00019     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Peripheral vs central blood cultures in patients admitted to a pediatric oncology ward
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3. Infectious risks of broviac catheters in children with neoplastic diseases: A matched pairs analysis
4. Infectious complications of indwelling vascular catheters
5. Effect of number of blood cultures and volume of blood on detection of bacteremia in children