Catheters, Microbes, Time, and Gold Standards

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-64

  Farr, Barry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CATHETER; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER RELATED BLOOD STREAM INFECTION; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MOLECULAR TYPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0346096874     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-140-1-200401060-00014     Document Type: Review

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