Adherent Microorganisms on Lumenal Surfaces of Long-term Intravenous Catheters: Importance of Staphylococcus epidermidis in Patients With Cancer

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 146, Issue 10, 1986, Pages 1949-1954

  Tenney, James H ^a,b   Moody, Marcia R ^b   Newman, Kathryn A ^b   Schimpff, Stephen C ^b   Wade, James C ^b   Costerton, John W ^d   Reed, William P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND GREENEBAUM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CANCER; CANDIDA; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HICKMAN CATHETER; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; THERAPY; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEPSIS; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84941815824     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1986.00360220101019     Document Type: Article

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