Infectious complications of implantable ports and Hickman catheters in paediatric haematology-oncology patients

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 358-365

  Adler, A ^a,b   Yaniv, I ^a   Steinberg, R ^a   Solter, E ^a   Samra, Z ^a   Stein, J ^a   Levy, I ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Central venous catheter; Children; Haematology; Hickman; Implantable ports; Infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMATOLOGY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFECTION RATE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; ONCOLOGY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SEPSIS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 32044453570     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2005.08.019     Document Type: Article

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