Differential time to positivity may help identify true catheter-related bloodstream infection. Sepsis, tunnel or port pocket infection, endocarditis or suppurative thrombophlebitis are present ...

Therefore, definitive diagnosis of bloodstream infection with a common skin contaminant requires multiple positive cultures to exclude the possibility of contamination during collection or ...

The team in the cardiovascular engineering lab at OHSU has focused on the role of specific blood clotting mechanisms in sepsis, with hopes of improving treatments for critically ill patients. Owen ...