Blood cultures at central line insertion in the intensive care unit: Comparison with peripheral venipuncture

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2398-2403

  Stohl, Sheldon ^a   Benenson, Shmuel ^a   Sviri, Sigal ^a   Avidan, Alexander ^a   Block, Colin ^a   Sprung, Charles L ^a   Levin, Phillip D ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROCOCCUS; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROCOCCUS; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VEIN PUNCTURE;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PHLEBOTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79959858442     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02546-10     Document Type: Article

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