Central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infections occurring in Canadian intensive care units: A six-month cohort study

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 169-176

  Holton, Donna ^h   Paton, Shirley ^a   Conly, John ^a,b,f   Embree, Joanne ^a,c   Taylor, Geoffrey ^a,d   Thompson, William ^a,e,g  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e MONCTON HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f CALGARY HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

^g LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^h Population and Public Health Branch ^*

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Central venous catheter; Intensive care unit; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL WOUND; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

EID: 33746922673     PISSN: 17129532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2006/781735     Document Type: Article

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