Abstract
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently updated the surveillance definition of catheter-associated urinary tract infection to include only urine culture bacteria of at least 1 × 10(5) colony-forming units/mL. Our findings suggest that the new surveillance definition may fail to capture clinically meaningful catheter-associated urinary tract infections.
Publication types
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Multicenter Study
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Bacteremia / diagnosis*
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Catheter-Related Infections / diagnosis*
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
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Cross Infection / prevention & control*
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Humans
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Intensive Care Units
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Medical Records
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Practice Guidelines as Topic
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Retrospective Studies
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Stem Cells
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United States
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Urinary Tract / microbiology*
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Urinary Tract Infections / diagnosis*