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  • Title: Difference in time to detection: a simple method to differentiate catheter-related from non-catheter-related bloodstream infection in immunocompromised pediatric patients.
    Author: Gaur AH, Flynn PM, Giannini MA, Shenep JL, Hayden RT.
    Journal: Clin Infect Dis; 2003 Aug 15; 37(4):469-75. PubMed ID: 12905129.
    Abstract:
    Current methods for diagnosis of catheter-related infection (CRI) are cumbersome and may require removal of the central venous catheter (CVC). A prospective study was conducted to validate the difference in time to detection (DTD) of cultures of blood samples obtained simultaneously from a peripheral vein (PV) and from the CVC for differentiation of CRI and non-CRI. During a 15-month period, 9 episodes were categorized as CRI and 24 as non-CRI. The median DTD for patients with CRI was significantly higher than that for patients with non-CRI (457 vs. -4 min; P<.001). The optimum cutoff point for diagnosis of CRI was a DTD of > or =120 min (sensitivity, 88.9%; specificity, 100%). With pretest probability of CRI ranging from 28% to 54%, the positive predictive value of a DTD of > or =120 min for the diagnosis of CRI was 100%; the negative predictive value was 89%-96%. On the basis of findings from this study, which is the largest, to date, to involve pediatric patients with tunneled CVCs and the first to use paired quantitative blood cultures as a "criterion standard," DTD was found to be a simple, reliable tool for diagnosis of CRI in hospitals that use continuously read blood culture systems.
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