Nonutility of catheter tip cultures for the diagnosis of central line-associated bloodstream infection

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 492-493

  Peterson, Lance R ^a,b   Smith, Becky A ^a,b  

^a NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; LETTER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ULTRASOUND;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; SONICATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84922470842     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu845     Document Type: Letter

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