Risk of local and systemic infection with polyethylene intravenous catheters. A prospective study of 213 catheterizations

N Engl J Med. 1968 Aug 15;279(7):340-3. doi: 10.1056/NEJM196808152790702.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter / isolation & purification
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Catheterization / adverse effects*
  • Enterobacteriaceae / isolation & purification
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infections / etiology*
  • Infusions, Parenteral / adverse effects
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nafcillin / therapeutic use
  • Penicillin G / therapeutic use
  • Phlebitis / etiology
  • Polyethylenes
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification
  • Sepsis / etiology*
  • Staphylococcus / isolation & purification
  • Time Factors
  • Veins

Substances

  • Polyethylenes
  • Nafcillin
  • Penicillin G