“This prospective randomized controlled study with 975 nontunneled central venous catheters (CVCs) showed that the semiquantitative roll-plate culture technique (SQC) was as accurate as the sonication method for diagnosis of catheter-related infections.” Erb et al (2014).
References:
Erb, S., Frei, R., Schregenberger, K., Dangel, M., Nogarth, D. and Widmer, A.F. (2014) Sonication for Diagnosis of Catheter-Related Infection Is Not Better Than Traditional Roll-Plate Culture: A Prospective Cohort Study With 975 Central Venous Catheters. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 59(4), p.541-544.
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Abstract:
This prospective randomized controlled study with 975 nontunneled central venous catheters (CVCs) showed that the semiquantitative roll-plate culture technique (SQC) was as accurate as the sonication method for diagnosis of catheter-related infections. Sonication is difficult to standardize, whereas SQC is simpler, faster, and as reliable as the sonication method for culturing CVCs.
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