Revista clínica española
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Revista clínica española · Mar 2000
[The risk factors associated with colonization and bacteremia in non-tunnelled central venous catheters].
To identify risk factors for colonization and bacteremia among patients with non-tunnelled central venous catheters. ⋯ The present study documents the relevance of prolonged catheterization as a consistent risk for colonization of non-tunnelled central venous catheters. This risk increases independently in canalization at femoral site and particularly among severely ill patients. The presence of these factors allows the identification of a high risk population for the development of catheter related bacteremia.
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Revista clínica española · Nov 1999
Multicenter Study Comparative Study Clinical Trial[Diagnosis and ambulatory treatment of patients with community-acquired pneumonia: variability of complementary tests and study of the effectiveness of roxithromycin. Study Group on Ambulatory Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia (NACTA)].
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) has been the subject of a number of studies. Nevertheless, studies focused on effectiveness of therapy and variability of diagnostic tests are scarce. ⋯ The variability of diagnostic tests used in patients with CAP is remarkable but their yield is of little effect. Patients with CAP candidates for ambulatory therapy can receive empiric antibiotic therapy with roxithromycin. In this series, roxithromycin had a high clinical effectiveness and was well tolerated.