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Microbiological pattern of arterial catheters in the intensive care unit

BACKGROUND: Intravascular catheter related infection (CRI) is one of the most serious nosocomial infections. Diagnostic criteria include a positive culture from the catheter tip along with blood, yet in many patients with signs of infection, current culture techniques fail to identify pathogens on c...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Li, Sriprakash, Kadaba S, McMillan, David, Gowardman, John R, Patel, Bharat, Rickard, Claire M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2987986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20955628
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-10-266