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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; 39(6): 727-729, 2018 06.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29770754
ABSTRACT
We compared the etiologic organisms of bloodstream infections (BSIs) in cancer patients with central venous catheters (CVCs) between 2 cohorts separated by more than a decade.Gram-negative organisms have become the predominant etiologic organisms of BSIs (52%); they now contribute to 41% of catheter-related BSIs (CRBSIs).Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:727-729.
Subject(s)
Bacteremia/epidemiology , Catheter-Related Infections/epidemiology , Catheter-Related Infections/microbiology , Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/epidemiology , Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Catheterization, Central Venous/adverse effects , Central Venous Catheters/adverse effects , Child , Child, Preschool , Cohort Studies , Cross Infection/epidemiology , Cross Infection/microbiology , Databases, Factual , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Neoplasms , Risk Factors , Texas/epidemiology , Young Adult
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Am J Infect Control
; 44(9): 1037-40, 2016 09 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26897695
ABSTRACT
The use of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) has increased over the past few years due to their less serious insertion complications. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether patients receiving PICCs impregnated with minocycline and rifampin had a lower rate of CLABSI compared with a concurrent control group of patients receiving uncoated PICCs.
