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Intravascular Catheter Colonization in Critically Ill Children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Theresa A. Schlager ,
Markley Hidde ,
Pamela Rodger ,
Teresa P. Germanson  and
Leigh G. Donowitz
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Abstract

In a prospective study, cultures were obtained of all intravascular catheters removed from children in an intensivecare unit. Of 366 catheters removed from 217 children, 110 (30%) were found to be colonized, most commonly with coagulase-negative staphylococci. Despite the high rate of colonization, there were only nine instances (2%) of catheter-related bacteremia.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 18 , Issue 5 , May 1997 , pp. 347 - 348
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1997

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