Hub qualitative blood culture is useful for diagnosis of catheter-related infections in critically ill patients

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 645-648

  Tanguy, Michèle ^a   Seguin, Philippe ^a   Laviolle, Bruno ^a   Desbordes, Laurent ^a   Mallédant, Yannick ^a  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Catheter related infection; Intensive care unit; Qualitative blood culture

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 18844454312     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-005-2600-x     Document Type: Article

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