The importance of central venous catheter removal in patients with candidaemia: Time to rethink our practice?

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-4

  Pasqualotto, A C ^a,d   Severo, L C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Santa Casa Complexo Hospitalar   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candidaemia; Catheter removal; Central venous catheters; Outcome; Prognosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDEMIA; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEUTROPENIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 36849050609     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01843.x     Document Type: Editorial

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