Comparison of the roll plate method to the sonication method to diagnose catheter colonization and bacteremia in patients with long-term tunnelled catheters: A randomized prospective study

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 885-888

  Slobbe, Lennert ^a   Barzouhi, Abdelilah El ^a   Boersma, Eric ^a   Rijnders, Bart J A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; INDWELLING CATHETER; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BACTEREMIA; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SONICATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 65249101598     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00998-08     Document Type: Article

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