Diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection in neonates: A study on the value of differential time to positivity of paired blood cultures

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 470-475

  Guerti, Khadija ^a   Ieven, Margareta ^a   Mahieu, Ludo ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Catheter related bloodstream infection; Diagnosis; Differential time to positivity; Neonate; Nosocomial sepsis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BACTEREMIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548696824     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000282156.44533.D1     Document Type: Article

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