Usefulness of antibiotic-lock technique in management of oncology patients with uncomplicated bacteremia related to tunneled catheters

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 291-293

  Sanchez Munoz A ^a   Aguado, J M ^a   Lopez Martin A ^a   Lopez Medrano F ^a   Lumbreras, C ^a   Rodriguez F J ^b   Colomer, R ^a   Cortes Funes H ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL JUAN RAMÓN JIMÉNEZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE COURSE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOLOGY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SOLID TUMOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 20044366008     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-005-1291-0     Document Type: Article

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