Contamination of catheter-drawn blood cultures

Authors
Everts, RJ Vinson, EN Adholla, PO Reller, LB
Citation
Rj. Everts et al., Contamination of catheter-drawn blood cultures, J CLIN MICR, 39(9), 2001, pp. 3393-3394
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00951137 → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
9
Year of publication
2001
Pages
3393 - 3394
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(200109)39:9<3393:COCBC>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
To assess the risk of contamination, we reviewed retrospectively 1,408 matc hed pairs of simultaneous catheter-drawn and venipuncture blood cultures. C atheter-drawn cultures were equally likely to be truly positive (14.4 versu s 13.7%) but more likely to be contaminated (3.8 versus 1.8% [P=0.001]). Di rect venipuncture cultures are preferred.