Central line infections

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 441-448

  Lane, Rondall K ^a   Matthay, Michael A ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CHLORHEXIDINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EXOTOXIN; FLUCONAZOLE; LINEZOLID; MINOCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; SULFADIAZINE; VANCOMYCIN;

BIOFILM; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; SILVER SULFADIAZINE;

EID: 0036792218     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075198-200210000-00012     Document Type: Review

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