Comparing clinical and microbiological methods for the diagnosis of true bacteraemia among patients with multiple blood cultures positive for coagulase-negative staphylococci

I. Al Wohoush; J. Rivera; J. Cairo; R. Hachem; I. Raad

doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03372.x

Comparing clinical and microbiological methods for the diagnosis of true bacteraemia among patients with multiple blood cultures positive for coagulase-negative staphylococci

I. Al Wohoush, J. Rivera, J. Cairo, R. Hachem, I. Raad

Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health

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Abstract

We assessed the accuracy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) clinical criteria as well as other microbiological methods for the diagnosis of coagulase-negative staphylococci bacteraemia. The CDC clinical criteria had low accuracy, which can be improved by speciation, particularly if the patient had more than two positive blood cultures.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	569-571
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Volume	17
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03372.x
State	Published - Apr 2011

Keywords

Bacteraemia
Blood cultures
Coagulase-negative staphylococci

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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