Vascular catheter colonization: surveillance based on culture of needleless connectors

BACKGROUND: Superficial culture has a high negative predictive value in the assessment of catheter tip colonization (CC) and catheter-related bloodstream infection (C-RBSI). However, the process of hub culture requires the hubs to be swabbed, and this carries a risk of dislodging the biofilm. At pre...

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Autores principales: Pérez-Granda, María Jesús, Guembe, María, Cruces, Raquel, Bouza, Emilio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4884389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27234944
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-016-1334-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4884389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27234944
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-016-1334-1

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