Gram-negative organisms predominate in Hickman line-related infections in non-neutropenic patients with hematological malignancies

Journal of Infection

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 227-233

  Chee, L ^a   Brown, M ^a   Sasadeusz, J ^a   MacGregor, L ^a   Grigg, A P ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gram negative; Hematology; Hickman line

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METICILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ALCALIGENES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA; CANCER PATIENT; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHRONIC LEUKEMIA; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM INDOLOGENES; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DELFTIA ACIDOVORANS; DOUBLE LUMEN TUBE; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HAFNIA ALVEI; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCOCCUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELODYSPLASIA; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOBIUM; SERRATIA LIQUEFACIENS; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CEPHALOSPORINS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VANCOMYCIN; VICTORIA;

EID: 41349086825     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2008.01.046     Document Type: Article

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