Outbreak of bloodstream infection temporally associated with the use of an intravascular needleless valve

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1408-1414

  Rupp, Mark E ^a,c   Sholtz, Lee A ^c   Jourdan, Dawn R ^c   Marion, Nedra D ^c   Tyner, Laura K ^c   Fey, Paul D ^b   Iwen, Peter C ^b   Anderson, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEVICE; DEVICE INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; NEEDLELESS CONNECTOR VALVE; NURSING UNIT; PATHOGENESIS; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34249080865     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517538     Document Type: Article

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