Outbreak of catheter-associated Klebsiella oxytoca and Enterobacter cloacae bloodstream infections in an oncology chemotherapy center

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 2639-2643

  Watson, John T ^a,b,e   Jones, Roderick C ^b   Siston, Alicia M ^b   Fernandez, Julio R ^b   Martin, Karen ^c   Beck, Elizabeth ^c   Sokalski, Steven ^c   Jensen, Bette J ^d   Arduino, Matthew J ^d   Srinivasan, Arjun ^d   Gerber, Susan I ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHICAGO; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 28944432278     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.22.2639     Document Type: Review

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