| Literature DB >> 27252462 |
Alexandra U Scherrer1, Guido Bloemberg2, Reinhard Zbinden2, Annelies S Zinkernagel3, Claudio Fuchs3, Sandra Frauenfelder3, Zoran Rancic4, Dieter Mayer4, Barbara Hasse3.
Abstract
We analyzed the diagnostic value of microorganisms cultured from negative-pressure-wound-therapy (NPWT) foam samples compared to that of microorganisms cultured from deep tissue samples from patients with vascular graft infections. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) were 58%, 86%, 81%, and 66%, respectively. The diagnostic value of microbiological cultures from NPWT foams was poor.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27252462 PMCID: PMC4963492 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01102-16
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948