Difference in time to positivity of hub-blood versus nonhub-blood cultures is not useful for the diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection in critically ill patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1399-1403

  Rijnders, Bart J A ^a   Verwaest, Charles ^b   Peetermans, Willy E ^a   Wilmer, Alexander ^a   Vandecasteele, Stefaan ^a   Van Eldere, Johan ^a   Van Wijngaerden, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adult; Antibiotics; Bacteremia; Bacteriological techniques; Blood; Central venous catheterization; Intensive care units; Prospective studies; Sepsis syndrome; Time factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CALCULATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0034960391     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200107000-00016     Document Type: Article

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