Qualitative versus quantitative blood cultures in the diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infections in children with malignancy

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 939-944

  Germanakis, Ioannis ^a   Christidou, Athanasia ^a   Galanakis, Emmanouil ^a   Kyriakakis, Iraklis ^a   Tselentis, Yiannis ^a   Kalmanti, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Catheter related infections; Infections; Pediatric hematology oncology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN TUMOR; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CATHETER INFECTION; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 27644455780     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20413     Document Type: Article

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