Gram-Negative Bacillary Bacteremia and Intravenous Therapy Practices

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 189-191

  Raad, Issam ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 1542614986     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502375     Document Type: Editorial

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