Classification of Blood Culture Isolates into Contaminants and Pathogens on the Basis of Clinical and Laboratory Data

Belal Hossain; Martin W. Weber; Davidson H. Hamer; Patricia L. Hibberd; A. S.M.Nawshad Uddin Ahmed; Mahfuza Marzan; Maksuda Islam; Nicholas E. Connor; Mohammad Shahidul Islam; Anita K. Zaidi; Abdullah H. Baqui; Zulfiqar A. Bhutta; Shahida M. Qureshi; Iftekhar Rafiqullah; Lesley McGee; Samir K. Saha

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Classification of Blood Culture Isolates into Contaminants and Pathogens on the Basis of Clinical and Laboratory Data

Belal Hossain, Martin W. Weber, Davidson H. Hamer, Patricia L. Hibberd, A. S.M.Nawshad Uddin Ahmed, Mahfuza Marzan, Maksuda Islam, Nicholas E. Connor, Mohammad Shahidul Islam, Anita K. Zaidi, Abdullah H. Baqui, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Shahida M. Qureshi, Iftekhar Rafiqullah, Lesley McGee, Samir K. Saha

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Abstract

The multisite community-based study, Aetiology of Neonatal Infection in South Asia (ANISA), uses blood culture as the gold standard for identifying the etiology of neonatal infection. Considering the importance of this age-old diagnostic tool and the risk of contamination, ANISA has employed rigorous measures to prevent contamination at all stages of blood collection, processing and culture. Because contamination may still occur, an independent expert group evaluates the routinely collected clinical and laboratory data to determine whether a blood culture isolate is a contaminant or a true pathogen. This article describes the methodology used by ANISA to determine whether a blood culture isolate is likely to be a true pathogen or a contaminant in neonatal sepsis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S52-S54
Journal	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Volume	35
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000001107
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2016

Keywords

ANISA
blood culture
contamination
infection
neonate

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Hossain, B., Weber, M. W., Hamer, D. H., Hibberd, P. L., Ahmed, A. S. M. N. U., Marzan, M., Islam, M., Connor, N. E., Islam, M. S., Zaidi, A. K., Baqui, A. H., Bhutta, Z. A., Qureshi, S. M., Rafiqullah, I., McGee, L., & Saha, S. K. (2016). Classification of Blood Culture Isolates into Contaminants and Pathogens on the Basis of Clinical and Laboratory Data. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 35(5), S52-S54. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000001107

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Classification of Blood Culture Isolates into Contaminants and Pathogens on the Basis of Clinical and Laboratory Data

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