Intravascular catheter-related infections in an Indian tertiary care hospital

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 452-458

  Parameswaran, Ramanathan ^a   Sherchan, Jatan B ^b   Muralidhar Varma, D ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Chiranjay ^a   Vidyasagar, Sudha ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Blood cultures; Blood stream infections; Central venous catheters; Midline catheters

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFEPIME; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULBACTAM; TEICOPLANIN; TIMENTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; INDIA; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79960114610     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1261     Document Type: Article

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