Infections related to vascular catheters in a pediatric intensive care unit

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 667-672

  Subba Rao, S D ^a   Joseph, Mary Preetha ^a   Lavi, Radhika ^a   Macaden, Ragini ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Colonization; Intravenous catheters

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BLOOD VESSEL CATHETERIZATION; CANDIDA; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS; RISK FACTOR; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN CATHETER;

ADOLESCENT; CANDIDIASIS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC;

EID: 22844452798     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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