Complications of the ethanol-lock technique in the treatment of central venous catheter sepsis

J Infect. 2005 Nov;51(4):338. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.02.009.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local / pharmacology*
  • Antisepsis / methods
  • Biofilms / drug effects*
  • Catheterization, Central Venous / adverse effects*
  • Catheterization, Central Venous / instrumentation
  • Catheters, Indwelling / adverse effects
  • Catheters, Indwelling / microbiology*
  • Equipment Contamination / prevention & control
  • Ethanol / administration & dosage
  • Ethanol / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Sepsis / etiology
  • Sepsis / prevention & control*

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local
  • Ethanol