Improving diagnosis of central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection by using differential time to positivity as a hospital-wide approach at a cancer hospital

Journal of Infection

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 317-323

  Chen, Wei Ting ^a   Liu, Ting Mei ^a   Wu, Shih Hsuan ^a   Tan, Tran Der ^a   Tseng, Hsiu Chin ^a   Shih, Chiang Ching ^a  

^a KOO FOUNDATION SUN YAT SEN CANCER CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Cancer; Catheter related bloodstream infection; Central venous catheter; Differential time to positivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL TIME TO POSITIVITY; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI QUANTITIVE CATHETER CULTURE; BACTEREMIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449706337     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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