Indwelling vascular catheters are a leading source of bloodstream infections in critically ill
patients and cancer patients. Because clinical diagnostic criteria are either insensitive or …

For years, quantitative blood cultures found only limited use as aids in the diagnosis and
management of septic patients because the available methods were cumbersome, labor …

This document updates and expands the initial Infectious Diseases Society of America
(IDSA) Fever and Neutropenia Guideline that was published in 1997 and first updated in …

The “Guideline for Prevention of Intravascular Device-Related Infections” is designed to
reduce the incidence of intravascular device-related infections by providing an over view of …

Background: No consensus exists on the best methods for diagnosis of intravascular device
(IVD)–related bloodstream infection. Purpose: To identify the most accurate methods for …

Specialties, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas Vascular
catheters are the most frequently used indwelling medical devices and'have become …

A prospective study was performed to assess the value of differential quantitative blood
cultures in the diagnosis of catheter-related sepsis when this condition is suspected on …

Catheter-related bloodstream infections increased in incidence during the past decade,
causing significant morbidity, mortality, and excess hospital costs. Absence of inflammation …

Forty-five children with oncologic or hematologic disorders requiring tunneled central
venous catheters (TCVC) for the administration of immunosuppressive therapy were …

Seventy-four subclavian hemodialysis catheters inserted into 53 patients were studied
prospectively. Sixteen of 64 assessable catheterization periods were complicated by …