Efficacy of silver-coating central venous catheters in reducing bacterial colonization

Alfons Bach; Heinrich Eberhardt; Annette Frick; Heinfried Schmidt; Bernd W. Böttiger; Eike Martin

doi:10.1097/00003246-199903000-00028

Abstract

Silver-coating of DLCs did not significantly reduce bacterial catheter colonization compared with the control catheters. PFGE analysis of coagulase-negative staphylococci and other bacteria demonstrated various pathogenic routes of catheter-related colonization, whereby the microorganisms of the skin flora around the insertion site must be regarded as the main source of catheter-related infections.

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CatheterColonizationMedicineSurgeryMicrobiologyAnesthesiaBiology

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Year: 1999
Type: article
Volume: 27
Issue: 3
Pages: 515-521
Citations: 74
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                                    Alfons Bach, 
                                
                                    Heinrich Eberhardt, 
                                
                                    Annette Frick
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1999). 
                            Efficacy of silver-coating central venous catheters in reducing bacterial colonization. 
                            Critical Care Medicine
                            , 27
                            (3)
                            , 515-521.
                            https://doi.org/10.1097/00003246-199903000-00028
                        

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DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199903000-00028