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World J Crit Care Med. Mar 9, 2024; 13(1): 89085
Published online Mar 9, 2024. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v13.i1.89085
Adding vortexing to the Maki technique provides no benefit for the diagnosis of catheter colonization or catheter-related bacteremia
Leonardo Lorente, Maria Lecuona Fernandez, Adriana González-Mesa, Judith Oliveras-Roura, Cristina Rosado, Pablo Cabrera, Emma Casal, Alejandro Jiménez, María Luisa Mora, Ana Madueño
Leonardo Lorente, Adriana González-Mesa, Judith Oliveras-Roura, Cristina Rosado, Pablo Cabrera, María Luisa Mora, Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna 38320, Spain
Maria Lecuona Fernandez, Emma Casal, Ana Madueño, Microbiology and Infection Control Service, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna 38320, Spain
Alejandro Jiménez, Research Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna 38320, Spain
Author contributions: Lorente L conceived, designed and coordinated the study, participated in acquisition and interpretation of data, and drafted the manuscript; Lecuona M, González-Mesa, Oliveras-Roura J, Rosado C, Cabrera P, Casal E, Mora ML and Madueño A participated in acquisition of data; Jiménez A participated in the interpretation of data; all authors revised the manuscript critically for important intellectual content, made the final approval of the version to be published and were agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work.
Institutional review board statement: The Institutional Board of Hospital Universitario de Canarias (San Cristóbal de La Laguna) approved the study protocol.
Clinical trial registration statement: This study is registered at https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/. The registration identification number is NCT06216184.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There are no conflicts of interest to declare.
Data sharing statement: The datasets generated during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
CONSORT 2010 statement: The authors have read the CONSORT 2010 statement, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the CONSORT 2010 statement.
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Corresponding author: Leonardo Lorente, MD, PhD, Medical Assistant, Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Ofra s/n, La Laguna 38320, Spain. lorentemartin@msn.com
Received: October 20, 2023
Peer-review started: October 20, 2023
First decision: December 28, 2023
Revised: January 12, 2024
Accepted: February 21, 2024
Article in press: February 21, 2024
Published online: March 9, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: A previous study compared vortexing and Maki techniques for the diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI), and concluded that vortexing was not superior to Maki the method. The novel finding of our study was that the combined use of vortexing and Maki techniques did not provide profitability to the technique of Maki alone to the diagnosis of CRBSI.