Prospective Study of Catheter Replacement and Other Risk Factors for Infection of Hyperalimentation Catheters

To determine risk factors for infection of hyperalimentation catheters, we prospectively studied 169 catheter systems (88 patients) by using a semiquantitative culture technique. Infection occurred in 24 (14%) catheters (16 patients), was inversely proportional to the number of previous catheters in...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of infectious diseases 1986-11, Vol.154 (5), p.808-816
Hauptverfasser: Armstrong, Carl W., Mayhall, C. Glen, Miller, Kathy B., Newsome, Heber H., Sugerman, Harvey J., Dalton, Harry P., Hall, Gaye O., Gennings, Chris
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