"Catheter-Related Infections: It's All About Biofilm"
An article in Catheter-Related Infections: It's All About Biofilm by Marcia Ryder has a paragraph about intraluminal vs. extraluminal biofilm. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/508109_4 CRBSI’s occurring more than 10 days after insertion of a catheter are associated with the intraluminal biofilm. Extraluminal biofilm is associated with CRBSI’s that occur up to 4-10 days after catheter placement.
An article in Catheter-Related Infections: It's All About Biofilm
by Marcia Ryder has a paragraph about intraluminal vs. extraluminal biofilm.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/508109_4
CRBSI’s occurring more than 10 days after insertion of a catheter are associated with the intraluminal biofilm.
Extraluminal biofilm is associated with CRBSI’s that occur up to 4-10 days after catheter placement.
Here is a link to an answer to a similar question on this website. http://www.iv-therapy.net/node/2264
/Tess M. Hopkins
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