Contamination of blood cultures drawn from central vein catheter and peripheral venipuncture. Prospective study of 75 pairs;La contamination des hémocultures prélevées sur cathéters veineux centraux et sur veine périphérique. Étude prospective de 75 couples d'hémocultures

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-48

  Kallel, H ^a   Dammak, H ^a   Mahjoubi, F ^a   Bahloul, M ^a   Turki, E ^a   Chelly, H ^a   Rekik, N ^a   Hammami, A ^a   Bouaziz, M ^a  

^a HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Blood culture; Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus; Contamination

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; PREDICTION; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN CATHETER; SURGICAL PATIENT; VEIN PUNCTURE;

BACTERIA; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VEINS;

EID: 29544450047     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

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