Symptoms and signs of port-related infections in oncology patients related to the offending pathogens

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1193-1198

  Liaw, C C ^a   Chen, J S ^a,b   Chang, H K ^a   Huang, J S ^a   Yang, T S ^a   Liau, C T ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BREAST CANCER; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CANCER PATIENT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILL; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM INDOLOGENES; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM MENINGOSEPTICUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ERYTHEMA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; ONCOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA; PUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 47149098186     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2008.01746.x     Document Type: Article

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