Eggimann Philippe
Department of Adult Intensive Care Medicine and Burn Centre, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2007 Aug;20(4):353-9. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e32819382d1.
To review the distinction between catheter-related and catheter-associated infections and to report the recent advances in the methods used for their diagnosis.
The distinction between device-associated and device-related infections affects the effective benchmarking of the rates of both types of infection. Numerous microbiological methods have been described to diagnose these infections. Studies comparing the performance of microbiological methods that avoid the removal of the intravascular device have recently suggested that they may be effective in daily life.
The present review summarizes recent advances in the methods currently available to diagnose intravascular catheter-related infections and their performance at the bedside.
回顾导管相关感染和导管相关性感染之间的区别，并报告用于其诊断的方法的最新进展。
器械相关感染和器械相关性感染之间的区别影响这两种感染发生率的有效基准。已描述了多种微生物学方法来诊断这些感染。最近比较避免移除血管内装置的微生物学方法性能的研究表明，它们在日常生活中可能有效。
本综述总结了目前可用于诊断血管内导管相关感染的方法的最新进展及其在床边的性能。
