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3745972

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-10-23
pubmed:abstractText
Seventy-four subclavian hemodialysis catheters inserted into 53 patients were studied prospectively. Sixteen of 64 assessable catheterization periods were complicated by clinically documented catheter-related sepsis, and 13 had an associated bacteremia. One patient died from catheter-related sepsis, and in two others, sepsis contributed to death. Staphylococci accounted for 11 bacteremias. Semiquantitative culture of the catheters indicated that 28 were significantly colonized. Comparison of these isolates with skin cultures from the insertion site suggested that the origin of the colonizing organisms was the skin (10 cases), intralumenal contamination (16 cases), or both routes (2 cases). Comparison of cultures taken during catheter insertion with those at removal rarely suggested that organisms introduced at insertion caused subsequent colonization. This study has demonstrated that infectious complications from using subclavian hemodialysis catheters exceed reported rates for all other modes of vascular access used for hemodialysis, as well as other indications for central venous catheterization.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0022-1899
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
154
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
579-89
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
A prospective study of the mechanisms of infection associated with hemodialysis catheters.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article