Cultures of needleless connectors are useful for ruling out central venous catheter colonization

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2068-2071

  Guembe, María ^a   Pérez Granda, María Jesús ^a,c   Cruces, Raquel ^a   Martín Rabadán, Pablo ^a,b,c   Bouza, Emilio ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CATHETER TIP COLONIZATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HUB CULTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; NEEDLELESS CONNECTOR SONICATE CULTURE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY; AGED; EVALUATION STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SEPSIS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84932648848     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00459-15     Document Type: Article

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