Antimicrobial chlorhexidine/silver sulfadiazine-coated central venous catheters versus those uncoated in patients undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-151

  Vokurka, Samuel ^a   Kabatova Maxova, Klara ^a   Skardova, Jana ^a   Bystricka, Eva ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Central venous catheter; Chlorhexidine; Infection; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE PLUS SILVER SULFADIAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHLORHEXIDINE; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILVER SULFADIAZINE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149092885     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-008-0454-9     Document Type: Article

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