Comparison of utility of blood cultures from intravascular catheters and peripheral veins: A systematic review and decision analysis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Falagas, Matthew E ^a,b   Kazantzi, Maria S ^a   Bliziotis, Ioannis A ^a  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA EXTRACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MEDLINE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VEIN PUNCTURE;

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS;

EID: 38349062280     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47432-0     Document Type: Review

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