Utility of daily catheter-drawn blood cultures to predict catheter-related bacteremia in hematopoietic stem cell transplanted patients

Turkish Journal of Hematology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 67-71

  Velasco, Maria ^a   Rovira, Montserrat ^b   Mensa, Josep ^a   Almela, Manel ^c   Carreras, Enric ^b  

^a Infectious Diseases Unit   (Spain)

^b Hematology Service   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catheter related bacteremia; Diagnosis; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Infectious complication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DISEASE MARKER; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 69949093623     PISSN: 13007777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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