caa a22 4500 477069614 CHVBK 20180405111421.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01586188 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01586188 Impact of using an indwelling introducer on diagnosis of Swan-Ganz pulmonary artery catheter colonization [Elektronische Daten] [J. Vallés, J. Rello, L. Matas, D. Fontanals, F. Baigorri, P. Saura, A. Artigas] A prospective study was conducted to determine how the use of an indwelling introducer influences the diagnosis of pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) colonization. Sixty-six consecutive PACs and introducers were aseptically removed over a 15-month period. Two segments of the catheter and the catheter tip (a proximal segment from the portion of the catheter beneath the introducer) and two segments of the introducer (a proximal intradermal segment and the introducer tip) were cultured using a semiquantitative technique. Nineteen of 66 (28.7%) PACs showed colonization, representing an incidence of 5.6 episodes per 100 catheterization-days. Catheter tip cultures identified only 68% of colonized PACs; this yield rose to 91% when introducer tip cultures were added. These results indicate a need to evaluate both introducer tip cultures and catheter tip cultures for an accurate diagnosis of PAC colonization when an indwelling introducer is used. Springer-Verlag, 1996 Vallés J. Department of Intensive Care, Hospital de Sabadell, Parc Taulí s/n, 08208, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain aut Rello J. Department of Intensive Care, Hospital de Sabadell, Parc Taulí s/n, 08208, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain aut Matas L. Department of Microbiology, Hospital de Sabadell, Parc Taulí s/n, 08208, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain aut Fontanals D. Department of Microbiology, Hospital de Sabadell, Parc Taulí s/n, 08208, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain aut Baigorri F. Department of Intensive Care, Hospital de Sabadell, Parc Taulí s/n, 08208, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain aut Saura P. Department of Intensive Care, Hospital de Sabadell, Parc Taulí s/n, 08208, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain aut Artigas A. Department of Intensive Care, Hospital de Sabadell, Parc Taulí s/n, 08208, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain aut European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Springer-Verlag 15/1(1996-01-01), 71-75 0934-9723 15:1<71 1996 15 10096 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01586188 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01586188 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vallés J. Department of Intensive Care, Hospital de Sabadell, Parc Taulí s/n, 08208, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rello J. Department of Intensive Care, Hospital de Sabadell, Parc Taulí s/n, 08208, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Matas L. Department of Microbiology, Hospital de Sabadell, Parc Taulí s/n, 08208, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fontanals D. Department of Microbiology, Hospital de Sabadell, Parc Taulí s/n, 08208, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Baigorri F. Department of Intensive Care, Hospital de Sabadell, Parc Taulí s/n, 08208, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Saura P. Department of Intensive Care, Hospital de Sabadell, Parc Taulí s/n, 08208, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Artigas A. Department of Intensive Care, Hospital de Sabadell, Parc Taulí s/n, 08208, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Springer-Verlag 15/1(1996-01-01), 71-75 0934-9723 15:1<71 1996 15 10096 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer