Clinical Trial: Dynamic Full-Field Optical Coherence Tomography for Structural and Microbiological Characterization of Central Venous Catheter-deposited Biofilm in Critically Ill Patients
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Healthcare Associated Infection
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Official Title: Dynamic Full-Field Optical Coherence Tomography for Structural and Microbiological Characterization of Central Venous Catheter-deposited Biofilm in Critically Ill Patients
Brief Summary:
29.3% of bacteremias in intensive care units (ICU) are linked to vascular devices, with a significant proportion related to central venous catheters, and an influence on both morbility and mortality.It is now accepted that microbiological biofilm plays a key role on both bacterial and fungal development on inner surface of vascular devices but there is yet a lack of clinical relevant data documenting a causal relation between biofilm formation and bacteremias.We assume that a more precise characterization of…
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