Clinical significance of isolated Staphylococcus aureus central venous catheter tip cultures

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 933-936

  Ruhe, Jorg J ^a   Menon, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Central venous catheter; Risk factors; Significance; Staphylococcus aureus; Tip cultures

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METICILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33746611631     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01491.x     Document Type: Article

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