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Comparing Quantitative Culture of a Blood Sample Obtained through the Catheter with Differential Time to Positivity in Establishing a Diagnosis of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Iba Al Wohoush ,
Javier Cairo ,
Gopikishan Rangaraj ,
Bruno Granwehr ,
Ray Hachem  and
Issam Raad
Iba Al Wohoush
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Javier Cairo
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Gopikishan Rangaraj
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Bruno Granwehr
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Ray Hachem
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Issam Raad*
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
*
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 1460, Houston, TX 77030 (iraad@mdanderson.org)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 10 , October 2010 , pp. 1089 - 1091
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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