Incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infection in a general hospital using two different detection methods

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 613-617

  Delgado Capel, Maria ^a,c   Capdevila Morell, Jose A ^a   Sauca Subias, Goretti ^a   Ballester Joya, Leonor ^a   Vidal Diez, Elena ^b   Yébenes Reyes, Juan Carlos ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE MATARÓ   (Spain)

^b Hospital of Mataro   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catheter infection; Catheter related bloodstream infection; Central venous catheter; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN;

EID: 84870252232     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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