Abstract | BACKGROUND/AIMS: METHODOLOGY: RESULTS: The culture was performed in 249 catheter tips (249 of 614, 40.6%). Sixty tips were found to have organisms. The organisms cultured from colonized catheters were Gram(+) aerobic bacteria (34, 56.7%), fungi (14, 23.3%), and Gram(-) aerobic bacteria (12, 20%). The organisms cultured from catheter-related bloodstream infections were fungi (16, 64%), Gram(-) aerobic bacteria (5, 20%), and Gram(+) aerobic bacteria (4, 16%). Dermatogenic infection in colonized catheters should be stressed, but systemic fungal infection in catheter-related bloodstream infections should be emphasized. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Che Lin, Ming-Tsan Lin, Der-Yirng Hsieh, Yann-Fen C Chao, Sung-Ling Yeh, Ming Shiang Wu, Jaw-Tong Lin, Po-Huang Lee, King-Jen Chang, Wei-Jao Chen |
Journal | Hepato-gastroenterology
(Hepatogastroenterology)
2003 Nov-Dec
Vol. 50
Issue 54
Pg. 1821-4
ISSN: 0172-6390 [Print] Greece |
PMID | 14696413
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Bacteremia
(diagnosis, microbiology)
- Candida
(isolation & purification)
- Catheterization, Central Venous
(instrumentation)
- Catheters, Indwelling
(microbiology)
- Cross Infection
(diagnosis, microbiology)
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Fungemia
(diagnosis, microbiology)
- Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria
(isolation & purification)
- Gram-Positive Bacteria
(isolation & purification)
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Parenteral Nutrition, Total
(instrumentation)
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