Clinical practice of obtaining blood cultures from patients with a central venous catheter in place: An international survey

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 683-686

  Falagas, M E ^a,b,c   Ierodiakonou, V ^a   Alexiou, V G ^a  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Blood stream infection; Diagnosis; Fungaemia; Negative predictive value; Positive predictive value; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGEMIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 68249142987     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02784.x     Document Type: Article

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