title: Catheter tip cultures: are they really relegated to the archives of historical medical interest?
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Leonard A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Mermel
mesh_terms: D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D062666:Vascular Access Devices / Q000382:microbiology*