Seven cases of port-a-cath contamination caused by Pantoea agglomerans in the Oncological Service of Iseo Hospital, Brescia (Italy);Sette casi di contaminazione di CVC a permanenza (tipo "Port-a-cath") da Pantoea agglomerans in pazienti afferenti al Servizio di Oncologia del P.O. di Iseo, Brescia

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 152-155

  Izzo, Ilaria ^a   Lania, Donatella ^a   Castro, Antonino ^a   Lanzini, Fernanda ^a   Bella, Daniele ^a   Pagani, Adriano ^a   Colombini, Paolo ^a  

^a Mellino Mellini Hospital Trust   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Central venous catheter; Pantoea agglomerans

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CANCER CENTER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; VEGETATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; COMPLICATION; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOLOGY; PANTOEA; PATHOGENICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CIPROFLOXACIN; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PANTOEA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICES;

EID: 84904245128     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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