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CoNS is the main cause of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI). Current guidelines recommend catheter withdrawal followed by antibiotics for at least 5 days. We aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of a shorter course of antibiotherapy in patients with CoNS CRBSI” San-Juan et al (2019).

Abstract:

CoNS is the main cause of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI). Current guidelines recommend catheter withdrawal followed by antibiotics for at least 5 days. We aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of a shorter course of antibiotherapy in patients with CoNS CRBSI. All proven cases of CoNS CRBSI at our institution (Jan 12/Dec 17) were retrospectively analysed. Comparison of clinical characteristics and outcomes between patients receiving a short (SC ≤ 3 days) versus long antibiotic course (LC > 3 days) was performed. Cox regression models predicting the risk for complications (including propensity score [PS] for treatment assignment as covariate) were designed to adjust baseline differences among both treatment groups. A total of 79 cases were included. Most patients (75.9%) showed clinical response at day 7 after catheter removal. Complications occurred in 3.8% (three cases of septic thrombophlebitis) with no cases of endocarditis. Microbiological relapse (MR) occurred in 13 patients (16.5%). SC and LC were administered to 25 (31.6%) and 54 (68.4%) patients, respectively, with no significant differences in MR-free survival between SC and LC groups (87.8 vs 86.3%; P = 0.6). In PS-adjusted Cox regression analyses, a tunnelled catheter as the source of CRBSI was the only independent risk factor for MR (hazard ratio, 5.71; 95% confidence interval, 1.6-21) whereas the duration of therapy had no apparent impact. Shortening antibiotic therapy to ≤ 3 days is not associated with a poorer outcome or a greater risk of MR in patients with CoNS CRBI with catheter withdrawal.

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Reference:

San-Juan, R., Martínez-Redondo, I., Fernández-Ruiz, M., Ruiz-Ruigómez, M., Corbella, L., Hernández-Jiménez, P., Silva, J.T., López-Medrano, F., Recio, R., Orellana, M.Á. and Aguado, J.M. (2019) A short course of antibiotic treatment is safe after catheter withdrawal in catheter-related bloodstream infections due to coagulase-negative staphylococci. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. March 28th. [epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1007/s10096-019-03545-8.