Gram-Negative Intravascular Catheter-Related Bacteremia in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 339-342

  Hussain, Rahat ^a   Cevallos, Manuel E ^b   Darouiche, Rabih O ^b,c   Trautner, Barbara W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Section of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TEXAS; VETERANS;

EID: 38349112673     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.08.151     Document Type: Article

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