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Vol. 20 No. 2 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2005.2980

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

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Received: 24 February 2014
Published: 30 June 2005
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CRI, catheter-related infection, CRBSI, catheter-related blood stream infection, catheter, infection control.

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Vesselina Kroumova
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Ilaria Crespi
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Gian Lorenzo Molinari
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Stefano Andreoni
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Carmelina Di Natale
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Paola Fonio
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Giacomo Fortina
giacomo.fortina@maggioreosp.novara.it
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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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Le infezioni catetere vascolare correlate: risultati di tre anni di sorveglianza (2001-2003). (2005). Microbiologia Medica, 20(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2005.2980

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