Blood cultures in neonates with percutaneous central venous catheters.
We compared the results of 74 pairs of blood cultures obtained simultaneously every two weeks from a peripheral vein and a percutaneously inserted central venous catheter in 38 newborns. Three babies (7.9%) had bacteraemia. In two of these the central catheter was colonised 48 hours beforehand.
D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D002404:Catheterization; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis