Comparison of silver-impregnated with standard multi-lumen central venous catheters in critically ill patients.

Kalfon, Pierre; de Vaumas, Cyrille; Samba, Désiré; Boulet, Eric; Lefrant, Jean-Yves; Eyraud, Daniel; Lherm, Thierry; Santoli, François; Naija, Walid; Riou, Bruno

Kalfon, Pierre; de Vaumas, Cyrille; Samba, Désiré; Boulet, Eric; Lefrant, Jean-Yves; Eyraud, Daniel; Lherm, Thierry; Santoli, François; Naija, Walid; Riou, Bruno.

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Kalfon P; Service de Réanimation Polyvalente, Hôpitaux de Chartres, Chartres, France. pkalfon@ch-chartres.fr

Crit Care Med ; 35(4): 1032-9, 2007 Apr.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17334256

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Anti-Infective Agents, Local; Bacterial Infections/prevention & control; Catheterization, Central Venous/instrumentation; Catheters, Indwelling/microbiology; Critical Illness; Mycoses/prevention & control; Silver; Bacteria/isolation & purification; Bacterial Infections/microbiology; Candida/isolation & purification; Colony Count, Microbial; Cross Infection/microbiology; Cross Infection/prevention & control; Equipment Contamination; Female; Humans; Intensive Care Units; Male; Middle Aged; Mycoses/microbiology; Prospective Studies

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Silver / Bacterial Infections / Catheterization, Central Venous / Catheters, Indwelling / Critical Illness / Anti-Infective Agents, Local / Mycoses Type of study: Clinical_trials / Observational_studies Limits: Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Crit Care Med Year: 2007 Document type: Article Affiliation country: France

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