Table 2 Diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection by the semi-quantitative and quantitative techniques
Semi-quantitative technique | Quantitative technique | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
≥ 15 CFU | ≤ 15 CFU | ≥ 1,000 CFU | ≤ 1,000 CFU | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Positive catheters (n = 56) | 42 | 75.0 | 14 | 25.0 | 35 | 62.5 | 21 | 37.5 |
CR-BSI (n = 29) | 23 | 79.3 | 6 | 26.0 | 18 | 54.5 | 11 | 37.9 |