Association of hypercoagulable states and increased platelet adhesion and aggregation with bacterial colonization of intravenous catheters.

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Bacterial adherence to intravenous catheters may be mediated, in part, by adherence to coagulation proteins and platelets. The possibility that catheter infection is associated with gene polymorphisms that cause hypercoagulability or increased platelet stickiness was examined. Among patients with infected catheters, there was no increase in the frequency of polymorphisms that increase coagulability, including...

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