Treatment of infection associated with tunneled pleural catheters

Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-72

  Mahmood, Kamran ^a   Bower, Charles ^b  

^a Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care   (United States)

^b MERCY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Empyema; Malignant pleural effusion; Tunneled pleural catheter

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFAZOLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURAL CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; THORACOCENTESIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76349096286     PISSN: 19446586     EISSN: 19488270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LBR.0b013e3181ca66c1     Document Type: Article

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