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Sonication for Diagnosis of Catheter-Related Infection Is Not Better Than Traditional Roll-Plate Culture: A Prospective Cohort Study With 975 Central Venous Catheters

Erb, Stefan ; Frei, Reno ; Schregenberger, Katharina ; Dangel, Marc ; Nogarth, Danica ; Widmer, Andreas F.

In: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2014, vol. 59, no. 4, p. 541-544

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    Titel
    • Sonication for Diagnosis of Catheter-Related Infection Is Not Better Than Traditional Roll-Plate Culture: A Prospective Cohort Study With 975 Central Venous Catheters
    Autor
    • Erb, Stefan. Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology
    • Frei, Reno. Division of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
    • Schregenberger, Katharina. Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology
    • Dangel, Marc. Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology
    • Nogarth, Danica. Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology
    • Widmer, Andreas F.. Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology
    Dokumententyp
    • Postprint
    Sprache
    • Englisch
    Veröffentlicht in
    • Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2014, vol. 59, no. 4, p. 541-544. Oxford University Press
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    OAI-PMH-ID
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:298858
    Summary
    This prospective randomized controlled study with 975 nontunneled central venous catheters (CVCs) showed that the semiquantitative roll-plate culture technique (SQC) was as accurate as the sonication method for diagnosis of catheter-related infections. Sonication is difficult to standardize, whereas SQC is simpler, faster, and as reliable as the sonication method for culturing CVCs