Can microbiologists help to assess catheter involvement in candidaemic patients before removal?

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Bouza, E ^a,b,c,d   Alcala L ^a   Munoz P ^a,b,c,d   Martin Rabadan P ^a   Guembe, M ^a   Rodriguez Creixems M ^a,b,c,d  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Red Espanola de Investigacion en Patologia Infecciosa REIPI   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood cultures; Catheter related candidaemia; Conservative diagnosis; Diagnosis; Differential time to positivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDEMIA; CATHETER REMOVAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS;

EID: 84873522453     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12096     Document Type: Article

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