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Predictive value of superficial cultures to anticipate tunneled hemodialysis catheter–related bloodstream infection,☆☆

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Abstract

We performed a prospective study in patients with tunneled catheters to assess the validity of Gram stain and superficial culture for anticipating catheter exit-site infection and hemodialysis catheter–related bloodstream infection. The sensitivity and negative predictive value were high, and we succeeded in identifying a subpopulation at low risk of infection.

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Acknowledgments

We thank the members of the COCADI (Colonized Catheter in Hemodialysis) Study Group for their contribution to the study: Eduardo Verde of the Department of Nephrology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain; Emilia Cercenado, Pablo Martín-Rabadán, Luis Alcalá, Marta Rodríguez-Créixems, and Mª Cruz Menárguez of the Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.

We thank Thomas O’Boyle for his

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Funding sources: This study was partially financed by the Infectious Diseases Program of Fundación BBVA-Fundación Carolina through the research fellowship granted to Loreto Rojas.

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Conflicts of interest: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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