Comparing clinical and microbiological methods for the diagnosis of true bacteraemia among patients with multiple blood cultures positive for coagulase-negative staphylococci.
We assessed the accuracy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) clinical criteria as well as other microbiological methods for the diagnosis of coagulase-negative staphylococci bacteraemia. The CDC clinical criteria had low accuracy, which can be improved by speciation, particularly if the patient had more than two positive blood cultures.
Al Wohoush
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Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Rivera
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Cairo
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Hachem
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Raad
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D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D003030:Coagulase / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D003030:Coagulase