Sensitivity of blood culture vs polymerase chain reaction for skin contaminants in specimen retrieved via the distal lumen of Seldinger-guided central venous catheters.
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine and the Center for Sepsis Control and Care (CSCC), Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany. Electronic address: Frank.Bloos@med.uni-jena.de.
Frank
F
Bloos
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine and the Center for Sepsis Control and Care (CSCC), Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
Maik
M
Senderrek
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine and the Center for Sepsis Control and Care (CSCC), Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
Michael
M
Bauer
D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000379:methods*; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D018805:Sepsis / Q000517:prevention & control*