Abstract | OBJECTIVE: STUDY DESIGN: Prospective study. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Over a 5 months period (from August 1(st) 2001 to December 31 2001), 500 patients were hospitalised, and 108 central venous catheters were prospectively examined. For each catheter, blood cultures, pericatheter skin cultures and semiquantitative culture of the catheter tip were performed. RESULTS: CONCLUSION: These results indicate that the pericatheter skin cultures are not an effective procedure for the conservative diagnosis of catheter-related infections and that the skin-insertion wound is not the major source of catheter-contamination in our unit.
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Authors | H Kallel, H Dammak, F Mahjoubi, M Bahloul, H Chelly, A Chaari, N Rekik, A Hammami, M Bouaziz |
Journal | Annales francaises d'anesthesie et de reanimation
(Ann Fr Anesth Reanim)
2005 Nov-Dec
Vol. 24
Issue 11-12
Pg. 1343-8
ISSN: 0750-7658 [Print] France |
Vernacular Title | Apport diagnostique de l'écouvillonnage de la zone d'insertion cutanée dans l'exploration des infections liées aux cathéters veineux centraux dans un service de réanimation médicochirurgicale. |
PMID | 16099126
(Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Catheterization
(adverse effects)
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Critical Care
- Critical Illness
- Cross Infection
(epidemiology, microbiology)
- Female
- Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
(microbiology)
- Humans
- Intensive Care Units
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Predictive Value of Tests
- Prospective Studies
- Skin
(microbiology)
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