Blood culture contamination with Enterococci and skin organisms: Implications for surveillance definitions of primary bloodstream infections

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 436-438

  Freeman, Joshua T ^a   Chen, Luke Francis ^a   Sexton, Daniel J ^a   Anderson, Deverick J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloodstream infection; definition; Enterococcus; epidemiology; skin contaminant

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROCOCCUS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; SKIN ORGANISM;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMANS; SKIN; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 79957908280     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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