Colonization of central venous catheters in intensive care patients: A 1-year survey in a Portuguese university hospital

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-84

  Cobrado, Luís ^a   Espinar, Maria J ^a,b   Costa de Oliveira, Sofia ^a   Silva, Ana T ^a   Pina Vaz, Cidália ^a,b   Rodrigues, Acácio G ^a,b  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; FLUCONAZOLE; IMIPENEM; ITRACONAZOLE; MEROPENEM; POSACONAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; PORTUGAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BACTERIA; CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PORTUGAL;

EID: 74549136225     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.08.004     Document Type: Letter

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