Effectiveness of the antibiotic lock therapy for the treatment of port-related enterococci, Gram-negative, or Gram-positive bacilli bloodstream infections

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 208-212

  Del Pozo, Jose L ^a   Alonso, Marta ^a   Serrera, Alicia ^a   Hernaez, Silvia ^a   Aguinaga, Aitziber ^a   Leiva, Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic lock; Biofilm; Bloodstream infection; Catheter; Corynebacterium striatum; Propionibacterium acnes; Ralstonia pickettii; Venous access port

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 58149490965     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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