Blood culture contamination with Enterococci and skin organisms: implications for surveillance definitions of primary bloodstream infections.
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Freeman, JT; Chen, LF; Sexton, DJ; Anderson, DJ
Published in: Am J Infect Control
June 2011
Enterococci are a common cause of bacteremia but are also common contaminants. In our institution, approximately 17% of positive blood cultures with enterococci are mixed with skin organisms. Such isolates are probable contaminants. The specificity of the current definition of primary bloodstream infection could be increased by excluding enterococci mixed with skin organisms.
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Am J Infect Control
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EISSN
1527-3296
Publication Date
June 2011
Volume
39
Issue
5
Start / End Page
436 / 438
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Staphylococcus
- Specimen Handling
- Skin
- Humans
- Epidemiology
- Enterococcus
- Cross Infection
- Community-Acquired Infections
- Blood
- Bacteriological Techniques
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Freeman, J. T., Chen, L. F., Sexton, D. J., & Anderson, D. J. (2011). Blood culture contamination with Enterococci and skin organisms: implications for surveillance definitions of primary bloodstream infections. Am J Infect Control, 39(5), 436–438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2010.07.014
Freeman, Joshua T., Luke Francis Chen, Daniel J. Sexton, and Deverick J. Anderson. “Blood culture contamination with Enterococci and skin organisms: implications for surveillance definitions of primary bloodstream infections.” Am J Infect Control 39, no. 5 (June 2011): 436–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2010.07.014.
Freeman JT, Chen LF, Sexton DJ, Anderson DJ. Blood culture contamination with Enterococci and skin organisms: implications for surveillance definitions of primary bloodstream infections. Am J Infect Control. 2011 Jun;39(5):436–8.
Freeman, Joshua T., et al. “Blood culture contamination with Enterococci and skin organisms: implications for surveillance definitions of primary bloodstream infections.” Am J Infect Control, vol. 39, no. 5, June 2011, pp. 436–38. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2010.07.014.
Freeman JT, Chen LF, Sexton DJ, Anderson DJ. Blood culture contamination with Enterococci and skin organisms: implications for surveillance definitions of primary bloodstream infections. Am J Infect Control. 2011 Jun;39(5):436–438.
Published In
Am J Infect Control
DOI
EISSN
1527-3296
Publication Date
June 2011
Volume
39
Issue
5
Start / End Page
436 / 438
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Staphylococcus
- Specimen Handling
- Skin
- Humans
- Epidemiology
- Enterococcus
- Cross Infection
- Community-Acquired Infections
- Blood
- Bacteriological Techniques