Early identification of bacteria leading to central venous catheter contamination

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 940-943

  Jeske, Christian ^a   Raedler, Claus ^a   Von Goedecke, Achim ^a   Mayr, Andreas ^a   Hinterberger, Guido ^a   Aspoeck, Ch ^b   Lass Floer, Cornelia ^a   Benzer, Arnulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b General Hospital St Poelten   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER RELATED BLOOD STREAM INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DNA DETERMINATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0141681187     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000087985.92227.FB     Document Type: Article

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