Differential quantitation with a commercial blood culture tube for diagnosis of catheter-related infection

作者：Patricia Michele Flynn, Jerry L. Shenep, Fred F. Barrett · 发表于：Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 年份：1988 · DOI：10.1128/jcm.26.5.1045-1046.1988 · 被引用次数：92 · 研究领域：Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis、Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing、Nosocomial Infections in ICU

Central-venous-catheter-related infection is readily diagnosed by comparing simultaneous quantitative cultures of blood samples obtained via the catheter and a peripheral vein. The DuPont Isolator 1.5 (Du Pont Co., Wilmington, Del.) microbial culture tube was evaluated as an aid in diagnosing catheter-related bacteremia and fungemia in children and was found to be a reliable and convenient laboratory device for determining whether a long-term central venous catheter is a focus of infection.