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Clinical profile and outcome of antibiotic lock therapy for bloodstream infections in pediatric hematology/oncology patients in a tertiary care hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

BACKGROUND: Intravascular catheters are susceptible to infections, thus requiring catheter removal and leading to increased morbidity and costs. Antibiotic lock therapy (ALT) is a therapeutic technique that is used to salvage the catheter. The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of antibio...

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Autores principales: Qureshi, Sonia, Fatima, Paras, Mukhtar, Aiman, Zehra, Ale, Qamar, Farah Naz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6602921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31304225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpam.2019.01.004