Catheter-related Corynebacterium bacteremia: Should the catheter be removed and vancomycin administered?

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-156

  Ghide, S ^a   Jiang, Y ^a   Hachem, R ^a   Chaftari, A M ^a   Raad, I Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTION; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 77249124278     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-009-0827-0     Document Type: Article

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