Are central venous catheter tip cultures reliable after 6-day refrigeration?

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-246

  Bouza, Emilio ^a   Guembe, Maria ^a   Gómez, Haydee ^a   Martín Rabadán, Pablo ^a   Rivera, Marisa ^a   Alcalá, Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catheter related bloodstream infections; Diagnosis; Intravascular catheter; Refrigeration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZING; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; WORKLOAD;

BLOOD; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; REFRIGERATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 66149165904     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.02.011     Document Type: Article

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