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Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Placement Is an Underrecognized Source of Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection

Few studies have focused on the risks of peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVs) as sources for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB), a life-threatening complication. We identified 34 PIV-related infections (7.6%) in a cohort of 445 patients with SAB. Peripheral intravenous catheter-related SAB wa...

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Publicado en:Open Forum Infect Dis
Main Authors: Austin, Eloise D., Sullivan, Sean B., Whittier, Susan, Lowy, Franklin D., Uhlemann, Anne-Catrin
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4867656/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27191005
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw072
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