Little research has been carried out on recurrences of catheter-related bloodstream infection due to coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS-CRBSI)” Hebeisen et al (2019).
Abstract:
Little research has been carried out on recurrences of catheter-related bloodstream infection due to coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS-CRBSI). The main objective of this study was to characterize patients with CoNS-CRBSI and infection recurrence after catheter removal. We included 184 CoNS-CRBSI episodes. Only 8 patients experienced recurrent bacteremia and none of them developed secondary infection of preexisting orthopedic or intravascular implant material.
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Reference:
Hebeisen, U., Flury, B.B., Atkinson, A., Marschall, J., Buetti, N. (2019) Catheter-related bloodstream infections due to coagulase-negative staphylococci managed with catheter removal: Recurrences are rare. American Journal of Infection Control. November 19th. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2019.10.013. [epub ahead of print].