P005: Effect of improvement activity for decreasing catheter related bloodstream infection

Catheter-related bloodstream infection.

Catheter-related bloodstream infections (CR-BSIs) are a common, frequently preventable complication of central venous catheterization. CR-BSIs can be prevented by strict attention to insertion and maintenance of central venous catheters and removing unneeded catheters as soon as possible. Antiseptic- or antibiotic-impregnated catheters are also an effective tool to prevent infections. The diagn...

Diagnosing Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection

To the Editor—I want to congratulate Bouza et al. [1] for their effort to solve part of the puzzle regarding the diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection without catheter removal in critically ill patients [1]. I would like to make 2 comments to place the results in a broader perspective. The authors excluded arterial and Swan-Ganz catheters from the analysis, notwithstanding the fac...

Candida utilis catheter-related bloodstream infection

Central venous catheter-related fungemia are increasing in the last years, also due to rare fungi. We report the case of a Candida utilis catheter-related bloodstream infection in a patient with metastatic carcinoma of the bladder and a long term totally implanted venous catheter. The diagnosis was done by paired blood cultures and differential time to positivity. The Candida species was rapidl...

Diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection: conservative techniques.

Central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection and Cryptococcus neoformans.

This is the first case reported of central venous catheter-related fungemia due to C. neoformans. A patient with chronic renal failure developed a fungemia during the treatment of a dialysis-associated bacteremia. Cryptococcus neoformans grew in the catheter tip and blood culture. We addressed questions about this catheter-related fungemia.