Central venous catheter infections at a county hospital in Sweden: A prospective analysis of colonization, incidence of infection and risk factors

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 451-460

  Hammarskjold F ^a   Wallen G ^a   Malmvall, B E ^a,b  

^a RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Candida species; Catheter related infection; Central venous catheter (CVC); Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33645244154     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.00974.x     Document Type: Article

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