Differential time to positivity (DTTP) for the diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection: Do we need to obtain one or more peripheral vein blood cultures?

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1367-1372

  Guembe, M ^a   Rodriguez Creixems M ^a,b   Sanchez Carrillo C ^a   Martin Rabadan P ^a,b,c   Bouza, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b Red Espanola de Investigacion en Patologia Infecciosa REIPI   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CATHETER INFECTION; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL TIME TO POSITIVITY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BLOOD; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; FUNGI; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865608317     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1451-3     Document Type: Article

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