How long does it take to "rule out" bacteremia in children with central venous catheters?

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 135-141

  Shah, Samir S ^a,b   Downes, Kevin J ^a   Elliott, Michael R ^d   Bell, Louis M ^a   McGowan, Karin L ^a,b   Metlay, Joshua P ^b,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Blood culture; Central venous catheterization; Child; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TIME; TREATMENT DURATION;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHILADELPHIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38049030130     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1387     Document Type: Article

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