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Central Venous Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Pediatric Oncology Home Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Samir S. Shah ,
Mary Lou Manning ,
Elizabeth Leahy ,
Mark Magnusson ,
Susan R. Rheingold  and
Louis M. Bell
Samir S. Shah
Affiliation:
Divisions of Immunologic and Infectious Diseases and General Pediatrics and the Department of Infection Control, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mary Lou Manning
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Control, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Leahy
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Control, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mark Magnusson
Affiliation:
Division of General Pediatrics and the Department of Home Care, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Susan R. Rheingold
Affiliation:
Division of Oncology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Louis M. Bell*
Affiliation:
Divisions of Immunologic and Infectious Diseases and General Pediatrics and the Department of Infection Control, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*
Division of General Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Abstract

Fifty-two pediatric oncology patients with central venous catheters (CVCs) who received home care services were studied. Gram-negative organisms were responsible for a greater proportion of CVC-associated bloodstream infections in pediatric oncology patients receiving home care than in hospitalized pediatric oncology patients.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , February 2002 , pp. 99 - 101
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2002

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