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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2004, p. 4835-4837, Vol. 42, No. 10
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4835-4837.2004
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Detection of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections by the Differential-Time-to-Positivity Method and Gram Stain-Acridine Orange Leukocyte Cytospin Test in Neutropenic Patients after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Division of Infectious Diseases,¹ Division of Hematology,² Department of Internal Medicine, and Institute of Hygiene, Medical University of Graz, Graz,³ Clinical Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Division of Hospital Hygiene, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria,⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany⁵

Received 26 April 2004/ Returned for modification 4 June 2004/ Accepted 5 July 2004

For febrile neutropenic patients who received hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, the Gram stain-acridine orange leukocyte cytospin (AOLC) test and the differential-time-to-positivity method (DTP) were performed. As a diagnostic tool for catheter-related bloodstream infections in these patients, the Gram stain-AOLC test has a lower sensitivity than does the DTP method but acceptable positive and negative predictive values.