TY - JOUR AU - Kroumova, Vesselina AU - Crespi, Ilaria AU - Molinari, Gian Lorenzo AU - Andreoni, Stefano AU - Di Natale, Carmelina AU - Fonio, Paola AU - Fortina, Giacomo PY - 2005/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Le infezioni catetere vascolare correlate: risultati di tre anni di sorveglianza (2001-2003) JF - Microbiologia Medica JA - Microbiol Med VL - 20 IS - 2 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.4081/mm.2005.2980 UR - https://www.pagepressjournals.org/mm/article/view/2980 SP - AB - 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. ER -