Nonutility of catheter tip cultures for the diagnosis of central line-associated bloodstream infection

Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Feb 1;60(3):492-3. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu845. Epub 2014 Oct 29.

Authors

Lance R Peterson¹, Becky A Smith²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Department of Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Illinois.
² Department of Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Illinois.

PMID: 25355902
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu845

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Catheter-Related Infections / diagnosis*
Central Venous Catheters / microbiology*
Humans
Male
Microbiological Techniques / methods*
Sonication / methods*
Specimen Handling / methods*