Prospective study of the value of quantitative culture of organisms from blood collected through central venous catheters in differentiating between contamination and bloodstream infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1834-1835

  Chatzinikolaou, Ioannis ^a,c   Hanna, Hend ^a   Darouiche, Rabih ^b   Samonis, George ^a,c   Tarrand, Jeffrey ^a   Raad, Issam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

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

EID: 33646584155     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.5.1834-1835.2006     Document Type: Article

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