Correlation between early clinical response after catheter removal and diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 453-457

  Shukrallah, Bassam ^a   Hanna, Hend ^a   Hachem, Ray ^a   Ghannam, Dany ^a   Chatzinikolaou, Ioannis ^a   Raad, Issam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloodstream infections; Catheter removal; Diagnosis of infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER PATIENT; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VEIN; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547562894     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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