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Contamination of catheter-drawn blood cultures.

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Everts, RJ; Vinson, EN; Adholla, PO; Reller, LB
Published in: J Clin Microbiol
September 2001
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To assess the risk of contamination, we reviewed retrospectively 1,408 matched pairs of simultaneous catheter-drawn and venipuncture blood cultures. Catheter-drawn cultures were equally likely to be truly positive (14.4 versus 13.7%) but more likely to be contaminated (3.8 versus 1.8% [P = 0.001]). Direct venipuncture cultures are preferred.

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Emily Nicole Vinson
Author Emily Nicole Vinson Radiology, Musculoskeletal Imaging
Lyman Barth Reller
Author Lyman Barth Reller Pathology

Published In

J Clin Microbiol

DOI

10.1128/JCM.39.9.3393-3394.2001

ISSN

0095-1137

Publication Date

September 2001

Volume

39

Issue

9

Start / End Page

3393 / 3394

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Microbiology
  • Humans
  • Equipment Contamination
  • Culture Media
  • Catheters, Indwelling
  • Blood Specimen Collection
  • Blood
  • Bacteremia
  • 3207 Medical microbiology
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

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Everts, R. J., Vinson, E. N., Adholla, P. O., & Reller, L. B. (2001). Contamination of catheter-drawn blood cultures. J Clin Microbiol, 39(9), 3393–3394. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.39.9.3393-3394.2001
Everts, R. J., E. N. Vinson, P. O. Adholla, and L. B. Reller. “Contamination of catheter-drawn blood cultures.” J Clin Microbiol 39, no. 9 (September 2001): 3393–94. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.39.9.3393-3394.2001.
Everts RJ, Vinson EN, Adholla PO, Reller LB. Contamination of catheter-drawn blood cultures. J Clin Microbiol. 2001 Sep;39(9):3393–4.
Everts, R. J., et al. “Contamination of catheter-drawn blood cultures.” J Clin Microbiol, vol. 39, no. 9, Sept. 2001, pp. 3393–94. Pubmed, doi:10.1128/JCM.39.9.3393-3394.2001.
Everts RJ, Vinson EN, Adholla PO, Reller LB. Contamination of catheter-drawn blood cultures. J Clin Microbiol. 2001 Sep;39(9):3393–3394.

Published In

J Clin Microbiol

DOI

10.1128/JCM.39.9.3393-3394.2001

ISSN

0095-1137

Publication Date

September 2001

Volume

39

Issue

9

Start / End Page

3393 / 3394

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Microbiology
  • Humans
  • Equipment Contamination
  • Culture Media
  • Catheters, Indwelling
  • Blood Specimen Collection
  • Blood
  • Bacteremia
  • 3207 Medical microbiology
  • 3202 Clinical sciences