Screening for Gram-negative bacteria: Impact of preanalytical parameters

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 30427
• Main Authors: Warnke, Philipp, Johanna Pohl, Friederike Pola, Kundt, Guenther, Podbielski, Andreas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 27.07.2016; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/700; 692/700/139; Bacterial Infections - microbiology; Female; Gram-Negative Bacteria - isolation & purification; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Length of Stay; Male; Microbiological Techniques - methods; multidisciplinary; Science; Time Factors
• ISSN: 2045-2322; 2045-2322
• DOI: 10.1038/srep30427

Screening recommendations for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria comprise microbiological analyses from rectal swabs. However, essential specifications of the preanalytic steps of such screenings, i.e. the sampling technique, sampling devices and sampling site, are lacking. For standardized...