Epidemiology of subsequent bloodstream infections in the ICU
Abstract Subsequent bloodstream infections (sBSI) occur with a delay after removal of the intravascular catheter (IVC) whose tip revealed microbial growth. Here we describe the epidemiology of sBSI in the intensive care setting. Serratia marcescens, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and...
Main Authors: | Niccolò Buetti, Elia Lo Priore, Rami Sommerstein, Andrew Atkinson, Andreas Kronenberg, Jonas Marschall, the Swiss Centre for Antibiotic resistance (ANRESIS) |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-10-01
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Series: | Critical Care |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-018-2148-0 |
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