Sonication for diagnosis of catheter-related infection is not better than traditional roll-plate culture: A prospective cohort study with 975 central venous catheters

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 541-544

  Erb, Stefan ^a   Frei, Reno ^a   Schregenberger, Katharina ^a   Dangel, Marc ^a   Nogarth, Danica ^a   Widmer, Andreas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Catheter related bloodstream infections; Central venous catheter; Semiquantitative roll plate method; Sonication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROLL PLATE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ADULT; AGED; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SONICATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84905013073     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu352     Document Type: Article

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