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Title
The pathogenesis of catheter-related bloodstream infection with noncuffed short-term central venous catheters.
Authors
Safdar, Nasia; Maki, Dennis G
Abstract
Short-term, noncuffed, percutaneously inserted central venous catheters (CVCs) are widely used and cause more than 250,000 bloodstream infections (BSIs) in hospitals each year in the United States. We report a prospective study undertaken to determine the pathogenesis of CVC-related BSI.
Publication
Intensive care medicine, 2004, Vol 30, Issue 1, p62