Should non-bacteraemic patients with a colonized catheter receive antimicrobial therapy?
| Autor: | María Guembe, María Jesús Pérez-Granda, A. Rodríguez-Borlado, Carlos Sánchez-Carrillo, Emilio Bouza, V. De Egea |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine Microbiology (medical) Catheterization Central Venous medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment 030106 microbiology Bacteremia Antimicrobial therapy lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases Cohort Studies 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Bloodstream infection Internal medicine medicine Central Venous Catheters Humans lcsh:RC109-216 In patient 030212 general & internal medicine Vein Aged Retrospective Studies Clinical impact business.industry Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Middle Aged Antimicrobial Patient outcome Anti-Bacterial Agents Surgery Catheter Treatment Outcome Infectious Diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Blood cultures Catheter colonization Catheter-Related Infections Concomitant Female business Central venous catheter |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 62, Iss C, Pp 72-76 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 1201-9712 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.07.014 |
| Popis: | Objectives The impact of antimicrobial therapy on the outcomes of patients with colonized catheters and no bacteraemia has not been assessed. This study assessed whether targeted antibiotic therapy is related to a poor outcome in patients with positive cultures of blood drawn through a non-tunnelled central venous catheter (CVC) and without concomitant bacteraemia. Methods This was a retrospective study involving adult patients with positive blood cultures drawn through a CVC and negative peripheral vein blood cultures. Patients were classified into two groups: those with clinical improvement and those with a poor outcome. These two groups were compared. The outcome was considered poor in the presence of one or more of the following: death, bacteraemia or other infection due to the same microorganism, and evidence of catheter-related bloodstream infection. Results A total of 100 patients were included (31 with a poor outcome). The only independent predictors of a poor outcome were a McCabe and Jackson score of 1–2 and a median APACHE score of 5. No association was found between the use of targeted antimicrobial therapy and a poor outcome when its effect was adjusted for the rest of the variables. Conclusions This study showed that antimicrobial therapy was not associated with a poor outcome in non-bacteraemic patients with positive blood cultures drawn through a CVC. |
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