Diagnosis of central venous catheter related infection in adult patients

Journal of Infection

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 267-280

  Worthington, Tony ^a   Elliott, Tom S J ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Catheter related infection; Central venous catheter; Coagulase negative staphylococci; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLITEF; VANCOMYCIN;

ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDIASIS; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; ALGORITHMS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

EID: 28044436109     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.06.007     Document Type: Review

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