The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) developed criteria for the diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection.
Criteria – all of the following are present in simultaneously collected catheter and peripheral vein blood cultures:
(1) same species isolated in both
(2) same biochemical and antibiotic susceptibility pattern
(3) one or both of the following:
(3a) > 15 colony forming units (CFU) from culture of the catheter tip
(3b) number of CFU in blood cultures drawn through the catheter tip >= 5 times greater than those drawn from the peripheral vein
Limitations:
• This requires quantitative cultures, which can be time consuming to perform properly.
Purpose: To determine if a patient has a catheter-related blood stream infection using the criteria of the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA).
Specialty: Infectious Diseases, Cardiology, Surgery, general, Hematology Oncology
Objective: criteria for diagnosis, complications, failure handling and therapy escalation
ICD-10: T85.7,