edited by Amitava Dasgupta, Jorge L. Sepulveda.
The use of intravascular catheter puts patients of risk for catheter-related bloodstream infection (CR-BSI). Laboratory diagnosis of CR-BSI involves blood culture and tip culture. The microorganims detected in positive blood culture and tip culture need to be evaluated whether they are true pathogens of cortaminants. The purposes of this study are to analyse the microbiological profile of posit…