Utility of peripheral blood cultures in bacteremic pediatric cancer patients with a central line

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 913-919

  Scheinemann, Katrin ^a   Ethier, Marie Chantal ^a   Dupuis, L Lee ^a   Richardson, Susan E ^a   Doyle, John ^a   Allen, Upton ^a   Sung, Lillian ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Blood culture; Cancer; Central venous catheter; Children; Infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CANCER PATIENT; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPENIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956490118     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0725-0     Document Type: Article

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