What is the predominant source of intravascular catheter infections?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 211-212

  Mermel, Leonard A ^a,b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; DISINFECTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; SKIN;

EID: 79951839965     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciq108     Document Type: Review

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