APPROACHES TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND PREVENTION OF INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER-RELATED INFECTION

Authors
GRANSDEN WR BREATHNACH AS
Citation
Wr. Gransden et As. Breathnach, APPROACHES TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND PREVENTION OF INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER-RELATED INFECTION, Current opinion in infectious diseases, 11(4), 1998, pp. 461-464
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Current opinion in infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
09517375
Volume
11
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
461 - 464
Database
ISI
SICI code
0951-7375(1998)11:4<461:ATTDAP>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Intravascular catheter-related infections remain a significant cause o f morbidity and mortality despite clear guidelines on insertion and ca re, which should aid in their prevention. New approaches in the diagno sis of these infections, which do not require removal of the catheter, and novel technologies, including the application of antimicrobial ag ents to the catheter, have demonstrated some degree of success in prev ention. (C) 1998 Lippincott-Raven Publishers.