Blood culture contamination with Enterococci and skin organisms: Implications for surveillance definitions of primary bloodstream infections

被引：17

作者：

Freeman, Joshua T. ^{[1
]}

Chen, Luke Francis ^{[1
]}

Sexton, Daniel J. ^{[1
]}

Anderson, Deverick J. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Duke Univ, Med Ctr, Durham, NC USA

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL | 2011年 / 39卷 / 05期

关键词：

Bloodstream infection; epidemiology; definition; Enterococcus; skin contaminant; CLINICAL-SIGNIFICANCE; BACTEREMIA; FUNGEMIA; ADULTS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ajic.2010.07.014

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Enterococci are a common cause of bacteremia but are also common contaminants. In our institution, approximately 17% of positive blood cultures with enterococci are mixed with skin organisms. Such isolates are probable contaminants. The specificity of the current definition of primary bloodstream infection could be increased by excluding enterococci mixed with skin organisms.

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