Polymicrobial bloodstream infections among children and adolescents with central venous catheters evaluated in ambulatory care

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 387-394

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

^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 SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; BACTEREMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 39349085950     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/525265     Document Type: Article

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