Comparing quantitative culture of a blood sample obtained through the catheter with differential time to positivity in establishing a diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1089-1091

  Al Wohoush, Iba ^a   Cairo, Javier ^a   Rangaraj, Gopikishan ^a   Granwehr, Bruno ^a   Hachem, Ray ^a   Raad, Issam ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BLOOD; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957871578     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656381     Document Type: Article

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