Comparison of the Roll Plate Method to the Sonication Method To Diagnose Catheter Colonization and Bacteremia in Patients with Long-Term Tunnelled Catheters: a Randomized Prospective Study

Diagnosing catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) still often involves tip culture. The conventional method is the semiquantitative roll plate method. However, the use of a quantitative sonication technique could have additional value, as it may detect endoluminal microorganisms more easily....

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Huvudupphovsmän: Slobbe, Lennert, el Barzouhi, Abdelilah, Boersma, Eric, Rijnders, Bart J. A.
Materialtyp: Artigo
Språk:Inglês
Publicerad: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2009
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Bacteriology
Länkar:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2668323/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19171682
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00998-08
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