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Infectious outcomes of fibrin sheath disruption in tunneled dialysis catheters

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Fibrin sheath (FS) formation around tunneled central venous catheters (CVC) increases the risk of catheter-related bloodstream infections due to bacterial adherence to a biofilm. We sought to investigate whether FS disruption (FSD) at the time of CVC removal or exchange af...

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Autores principales: Waters, Mara, Huszti, Ella, Ramirez, Maria Erika, Lok, Charmaine E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10631277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35001725
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/11297298211070690