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Contamination of central venous catheters. The skin insertion wound is a major source of contamination

K. Egebo, Palle Toft, Carl-Johan Jakobsen

Journal of Hospital Infection · 1996 · 27 citations · 7 references

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A Semiquantitative Culture Method for Identifying Intravenous-Catheter-Related Infection

Dennis G. Maki, Carol E. Weise, Harold W. Sarafin · New England Journal of Medicine · 1977 · 2.1K citations

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Catheter Complications in Total Parenteral Nutrition

John A. Ryan, Ronald M. Abel, William M. Abbott et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1974 · 701 citations

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Association between microorganism growth at the catheter insertion site and colonization of the catheter in patients receiving total parenteral nutrition.

H. S. Bjornson, RITA COLLEY, Robert H. Bower et al. · PubMed · 1982 · 264 citations

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PREDICTIVE VALUE OF SURVEILLANCE SKIN CULTURES IN TOTAL-PARENTERAL-NUTRITION-RELATED INFECTION

David R. Snydman · The Lancet · 1982 · 192 citations

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Total parenteral nutrition-related infections

David R. Snydman, Susan A. Murray, Stephen J. Kornfeld et al. · The American Journal of Medicine · 1982 · 189 citations

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