Development of subsequent bloodstream infection in patients with positive Hickman catheter blood cultures and negative peripheral blood cultures

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-36

  Park, Ki Ho ^a   Cho, Oh Hyun ^a   Lee, Sang Oh ^a   Choi, Sang Ho ^a   Kim, Yang Soo ^a   Woo, Jun Hee ^a   Kim, Mi Na ^a   Kim, Dae Young ^a   Lee, Jung Hee ^a   Lee, Je Hwan ^a   Lee, Kyoo Hyung ^a   Lee, Dae Ho ^a   Suh, Cheolwon ^a   Kim, Sung Han ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blood cultures; Bloodstream infection; Cancer; Central venous catheter; Hickman catheter

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFTAZIDIME; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER PATIENT; CANDIDEMIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; CANDIDEMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79954991342     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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