Central venous catheter colonization and related bacteremia in pediatric intensive care unit

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 752-760

  Sachdev, Anil ^a,b   Gupta, Dhiren ^a   Soni, Arun ^a   Chugh, K ^a  

^a SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE;

EID: 0036675811     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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