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Intravascular Catheter Colonization in Critically Ill Children
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2015
Abstract
In a prospective study, cultures were obtained of all intravascular catheters removed from children in an intensivecare unit. Of 366 catheters removed from 217 children, 110 (30%) were found to be colonized, most commonly with coagulase-negative staphylococci. Despite the high rate of colonization, there were only nine instances (2%) of catheter-related bacteremia.
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