Ethanol Lock Therapy (E-Lock) in the Prevention of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections (CR-BSI) after Major Heart Surgery (MHS): A Randomized Clinical Trial

María Jesús Pérez-Granda; José María Barrio; Patricia Muñoz; Javier Hortal; Cristina Rincón; Pablo Martin Rabadán; Maria Sagrario Pernia; Emilio Bouza

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091838

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Ethanol Lock Therapy (E-Lock) in the Prevention of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections (CR-BSI) after Major Heart Surgery (MHS): A Randomized Clinical Trial

María Jesús Pérez-Granda ,

* E-mail: massus@hotmail.es (MJPG); pmunoz@micro.hggm.es (PM)

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias-CIBERES (CB06/06/0058), Madrid, Spain
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José María Barrio,

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias-CIBERES (CB06/06/0058), Madrid, Spain
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Patricia Muñoz ,

* E-mail: massus@hotmail.es (MJPG); pmunoz@micro.hggm.es (PM)

Affiliations Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain, Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias-CIBERES (CB06/06/0058), Madrid, Spain
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Javier Hortal,

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias-CIBERES (CB06/06/0058), Madrid, Spain
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Cristina Rincón,

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Pablo Martin Rabadán,

Affiliations Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain, Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias-CIBERES (CB06/06/0058), Madrid, Spain
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Maria Sagrario Pernia,

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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Emilio Bouza

Affiliations Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain, Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias-CIBERES (CB06/06/0058), Madrid, Spain
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Ethanol Lock Therapy (E-Lock) in the Prevention of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections (CR-BSI) after Major Heart Surgery (MHS): A Randomized Clinical Trial

María Jesús Pérez-Granda,
José María Barrio,
Patricia Muñoz,
Javier Hortal,
Cristina Rincón,
Pablo Martin Rabadán,
Maria Sagrario Pernia,
Emilio Bouza

Published: March 27, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091838

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