Surveillance cultures of tunneled cuffed catheter exit sites in chronic hemodialysis patients are of no benefit

Hemodialysis International

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 365-370

  Rosenbaum, Debbie ^a   Macrae, Jennifer M ^b   Djurdjev, Ognjenka ^a   Levin, Adeera ^a   Werb, Ron ^a   Kiaii, Mercedeh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catheter associated bacteremia; Exit site infections; Hemodialysis; Surveillance cultures; Tunneled cuffed catheters

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 33749359466     PISSN: 14927535     EISSN: 15424758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2006.00131.x     Document Type: Article

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