Risk Factors For Hematogenous Complications of Intravascular Catheter--Associated Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

2005259 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Vance G. Fowler · Duke Medical Center

Justice Afrifa · University of Oxford

Catrin E. Moore · University of Oxford

Daniel K. Benjamin · Duke Medical Center

Christopher W. Woods · Duke Medical Center

Steve Campbell · Duke Medical Center

L. Barth Reller ·

Abstract

This investigation identifies 4 host- and pathogen-related risk factors for hematogenous bacterial seeding and reaffirms the importance of prompt catheter removal.

Topics & Keywords

Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus Streptococcal Infections and Treatments Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

Publication Details

Published in: Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volume 40, Issue 5, pp. 695-703

DOI: 10.1086/427806

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