Clinical utility of blood cultures drawn from central vein catheters and peripheral venipuncture in critically III medical patients

Chest

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 854-861

  Beutz, Michelle ^a   Sherman, Glenda ^b   Mayfield, Jennie ^b   Fraser, Victoria J ^a   Kollef, Marin H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacteremia; Critical care; Infection; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 0037337207     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.3.854     Document Type: Article

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