Differential Time to Positivity: A Useful Method for Diagnosing Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Raad, Issam ^b   Hanna, Hend A ^a   Alakech, Badie ^b   Chatzinikolaou, Ioannis ^b   Johnson, Marcella M ^b   Tarrand, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD FLOW; CANCER CENTER; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347716451     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-140-1-200401060-00007     Document Type: Article

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