Early removal of central venous catheters and outcomes from candidemia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1347-

  Koh, Gavin C K W ^a,b   Luong, Me Linh ^c,d  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDEMIA; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CANDIDEMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 78649828706     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657244     Document Type: Letter

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