Quantity (CFU) of microorganisms | ||
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Catheter type | Endoluminal culture | Extraluminal culture |
CFU, colony forming units; CNS, coagulase negative staphylococcus; MRSA, methicillin resistant S aureus. | ||
Silver iontophoretic catheters | 30 CNS | 1000 Staphylococcus aureus |
0 | 100 000 MRSA | |
10 CNS | 310 CNS | |
200 MRSA | 1000 MRSA | |
400 corynebacter | 700 CNS+corynebacter | |
700 S aureus | 130 CNS+S aureus | |
100 000 S aureus | 100 000 S aureus | |
Untreated catheters | 1200 CNS | 0 |
10 CNS | 40 CNS | |
28 200 Candida spp | 300 Candida spp | |
48 000 CNS | 181 CNS | |
5000 Candida spp | 140 CNS | |
100 C lusitaniae | 185 C lusitaniae | |
90 MRSA | 132 MRSA | |
30 CNS | 0 | |
200 coliform+klebsiella | 0 |