https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2005.2980

Le infezioni catetere vascolare correlate: risultati di tre anni di sorveglianza (2001-2003)

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2005)
Submitted: 24 February 2014
Accepted: 24 February 2014
Published: 30 June 2005
CRI, catheter-related infection, CRBSI, catheter-related blood stream infection, catheter, infection control.
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Vesselina Kroumova
Ilaria Crespi
Gian Lorenzo Molinari
Stefano Andreoni
Carmelina Di Natale
Paola Fonio
Giacomo Fortina
giacomo.fortina@maggioreosp.novara.it
Central venous catheter represents a major source of nosocomial bloodstream infection, which cause considerable excess morbidity.The diagnosis of catheter-related infections relies on the presence of clinical manifestation of infection and the evidence of colonization of the catheter tip by bacteria or fungi. The most frequent pathogens were Gram-positive organisms, mainly coagulase negative staphylococci, followed by Gram-negative and mycetes. During the years 2001-2003 we examined 2079 vascular catheters, of which 896 were positive for bacterial and fungal species. Of these, 675 (75,3%) involved Gram-positive bacterial, 145 (16,2%) Gram-negative and 76 (8,5%) mycetes.

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Kroumova, V., Crespi, I., Molinari, G. L., Andreoni, S., Di Natale, C., Fonio, P., & Fortina, G. (2005). Le infezioni catetere vascolare correlate: risultati di tre anni di sorveglianza (2001-2003). Microbiologia Medica, 20(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2005.2980

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