Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus, Catheter-Related, Bloodstream Infections and their Association with Acute Phase Markers of Inflammation in the Intensive Care Unit: An Observational Study

Oleksa Rewa; John Muscedere; Steve Reynolds; Xuran Jiang; Daren K Heyland

doi:10.1155/2012/198383

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (Jan 2012)

Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus, Catheter-Related, Bloodstream Infections and their Association with Acute Phase Markers of Inflammation in the Intensive Care Unit: An Observational Study

Oleksa Rewa,
John Muscedere,
Steve Reynolds,
Xuran Jiang,
Daren K Heyland

Affiliations

Oleksa Rewa: Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Canada
John Muscedere: Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Canada
Steve Reynolds: Critical Care Program, University of British Columbia, Canada
Xuran Jiang: Clinical Evaluation Research Unit, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Daren K Heyland: Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/198383
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 23, no. 4
pp. 204 – 208

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between the isolation of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus in blood cultures and acute phase markers of inflammation.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

ISSN: 1712-9532 (Print); 1918-1493 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Science: Microbiology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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