Anti-microbial locks increase the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus and antibiotic-resistant Enterobacter: observational retrospective cohort study | Zendy

J. J. Dixon | Zendy; Maggi Steele | Zendy; Akinwale D Makanjuola | Zendy

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Anti-microbial locks increase the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus and antibiotic-resistant Enterobacter: observational retrospective cohort study

Author(s) -

J. J. Dixon,

Maggi Steele,

Akinwale D Makanjuola

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

nephrology dialysis transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1460-2385

pISSN - 0931-0509

DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfs081

Subject(s) - medicine , gentamicin , vancomycin , bacteremia , ciprofloxacin , staphylococcus aureus , incidence (geometry) , antibiotics , enterobacter , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotic resistance , retrospective cohort study , cohort , pseudomonas aeruginosa , gastroenterology , bacteria , biology , escherichia coli , biochemistry , genetics , physics , optics , gene

Anti-microbial lock solutions (AML), in conjunction with systemic antibiotics, may successfully treat tunnelled haemodialysis catheter-related bloodstream infections (CR-BSI). It is unknown whether AML promote anti-microbial resistance.

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