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  • Title: [Intravenous catheters (venflons) in children as a possible cause of hospital infections].
    Author: Rudkowski Z, Szychowska Z, Krawczyk K.
    Journal: Przegl Epidemiol; 1989; 43(2):213-7. PubMed ID: 2813825.
    Abstract:
    The authors made 106 cultures from the endings of intravenous catheters used in children hospitalized in the teaching hospital in the years 1987-88. In 30 cases (28%) the cultures were positive. The most common cultures were those of Staphylococcus and Micrococcus. No correlation was found between the time of keeping a catheter in the vein and the number of positive cultures from the catheter. The children not receiving antibiotics had 2.6 as many positive cultures as those receiving antibiotics.
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