Use of cultivation-dependent and -independent techniques to assess contamination of central venous catheters: a pilot study

BACKGROUND: Catheters are the most common cause of nosocomial infections and are associated with increased risk of mortality, length of hospital stay and cost. Prevention of infections and fast and correct diagnosis is highly important. METHODS: In this study traditional semiquantitative culture-dep...

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Autores principales: Larsen, Mette KS, Thomsen, Trine R, Moser, Claus, Høiby, Niels, Nielsen, Per H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2605442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18954471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6890-8-10

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