Accuracy of procalcitonin for diagnosing peripheral blood culture contamination among patients with positive blood culture for potential contaminants.

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Date publication

septembre 2021

Journal

Infection

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr GUEANT Jean-Louis , Dr OUSSALAH Abderrahim

Tous les auteurs :
Berthezène C, Aissa N, Manteaux AE, Guéant JL, Oussalah A, Lozniewski A

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34524647

Résumé

Blood culture contamination is still a frequently observed event and may lead to unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions and additional hazards and costs. However, in patients hospitalized in tertiary care, true bacteremias for pathogens that are classically considered as contaminants can be observed. We assessed the diagnostic accuracy of procalcitonin for differentiating blood culture contamination from bacteremia in patients with positive blood cultures for potential contaminants.