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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
9
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pubmed:dateCreated |
2002-10-10
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pubmed:abstractText |
Quantitative blood cultures have been used in order to define catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBI) in pediatric patients with malignancy and central venous catheters (CVCs). We prospectively followed 32 patients with a total of 38 CVCs for a period of 4 y (14,068 catheter-days). Of a total of 35 cases of bacteremia, 9 were considered to be CRBI (25%). The incidence of bacteremia in our study was 2.48 episodes/1,000 catheter-days and 20/38 CVCs (52%) were affected by bacteremia. The incidence of CRBI was 0.63 episodes/1,000 catheter-days and it was detected in 9/38 CVCs (23%). The catheter salvage rate in cases of bacteremia, irrespective of etiology, was 30/35 (85%). The catheter salvage rate in cases of CRBI was only 4/9 (44%), whereas all the catheters (26/26) in non-catheter-related cases of bacteremia were salvaged. We suggest that the use of quantitative blood cultures is a useful tool for the evaluation of bacteremia in patients with CVCs and is of prognostic value.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:issn |
0036-5548
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
34
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
680-2
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:12374360-Bacteremia,
pubmed-meshheading:12374360-Brain Neoplasms,
pubmed-meshheading:12374360-Catheterization, Central Venous,
pubmed-meshheading:12374360-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:12374360-Child, Preschool,
pubmed-meshheading:12374360-Equipment Contamination,
pubmed-meshheading:12374360-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:12374360-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:12374360-Incidence,
pubmed-meshheading:12374360-Infant,
pubmed-meshheading:12374360-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:12374360-Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma,
pubmed-meshheading:12374360-Prognosis,
pubmed-meshheading:12374360-Prospective Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:12374360-Treatment Outcome
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pubmed:year |
2002
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Prognostic value of quantitative blood cultures for the outcome of central venous catheters in children.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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