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Type: Artigo de Periódico
Title: Clinical usefulness of catheter-drawn blood samples and catheter tip cultures for the diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infections in neonatology: a systematic review
Authors: Janita Ferreira
Paulo Augusto Moreira Camargos
Wanessa Trindade Clemente
Roberta Maia de Castro Romanelli
Abstract: Objectives: Neonatal sepsis is the most frequent health care-associated infection in neonatal units. This study aimed to analyze articles on the clinical usefulness of catheter-drawn blood samples and catheter tip cultures for the diagnosis of intravascular catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) in neonates. Methods: A systematic search was performed for studies published from 1987-2017, without language restriction. Observational studies carried out in neonates with CRBSI diagnosed using catheter-drawn blood samples or catheter tip cultures were included. Results: A total of 412 articles were identified in the databases and 10 articles were included. The 7 studies that evaluated central venous catheter tip cultures and cultures of catheter fragments presented sensitivities ranging from 58.5%-100% and specificities ranging from 60%-95.7%. Three studies that evaluated catheter-drawn blood cultures, paired with peripheral blood cultures, reported sensitivity and specificity of 94% and 71% when evaluated for the differential time to positivity. When quantitative evaluation was performed, the sensitivity and specificity were 80% and 99.4%. Conclusions: Most of the studies analyzed cultures from the central venous catheter tip and catheter fragments for the diagnosis of CRBSI in neonatal populations. The results of this review suggest that the analysis of the catheter-drawn blood samples and catheter tip cultures, paired with peripheral blood cultures, are efficient methods for the diagnosis of CRBSI in neonates.
Subject: Recém-Nascido
Neonatal sepsis
Infecções Relacionadas a Cateter
language: eng
metadata.dc.publisher.country: Brasil
Publisher: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials: UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department: MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE PEDIATRIA
MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE PROPEDÊUTICA COMPLEMENTAR
Rights: Acesso Restrito
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2017.06.030
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/55652
Issue Date: 2017
metadata.dc.url.externa: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196655317308489?via%3Dihub
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: American Journal of Infection Control
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