Antimicrobial lock therapy for catheter-related bacteraemia among patients on maintenance haemodialysis
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Antimicrobial lock therapy for catheter-related bacteraemia among patients on maintenance haemodialysis.
Sir, In reference to the review on use of antibiotic locks to treat colonized central venous catheters by Berrington & Gould, 1 we report the results of antibiotic lock therapy (ALT) in our haemodialysis unit. Although this technique was first used more than a decade ago, optimal dose, duration and choice of the agent are still not clear. Reports of the efficacy of ALT in oncology settings, par...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1460-2091
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkf183