Pediatric Patients with Intravascular Devices : Polymicrobial Bloodstream Infections and Risk Factors

A retrospective study was conducted, including 61 patients with long-term intravascular devices (IVDs) admitted to the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles with diverse underlying diseases, different types of catheters, and culture-proven catheter-related bloodstream infections (BSIs). Within these patien...

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Published in:Journal of pathogens 2011-01, Vol.2011 (2011), p.1-6
Main Authors: Pajkrt, Dasja, Onland, Wes, Shin, Cathy, Fustar, Stana, Rushing, Teresa, Wong, Wing-Yen
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Language:English
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Summary:A retrospective study was conducted, including 61 patients with long-term intravascular devices (IVDs) admitted to the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles with diverse underlying diseases, different types of catheters, and culture-proven catheter-related bloodstream infections (BSIs). Within these patients, 125 catheter-related BSIs occurred, and the incidence of monomicrobial and polymicrobial BSIs was evaluated. Risk factors for polymicrobial BSIs were determined. Forty-two BSIs contained more than one pathogen. These polymicrobial BSIs were observed more often in younger patients (
ISSN:2090-3057
2090-3065
2090-3065
DOI:10.4061/2011/826169