Differences in the Dwell Time of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters between Patients with Catheter Colonization and Those Developing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection: A Single Centre Retrospective Cohort Study.

Vassiliki C Pitiriga, Elsa Campos, John Bakalis, George Saroglou, Athanasios Tsakris

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Vassiliki C PitirigaDepartment of Microbiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-1951-8489

Elsa CamposDepartment of Internal Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital, 9 Ethnarchou Makariou Street, 18547 Athens, Greece.

John BakalisDepartment of Internal Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital, 9 Ethnarchou Makariou Street, 18547 Athens, Greece.

George SaroglouDepartment of Internal Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital, 9 Ethnarchou Makariou Street, 18547 Athens, Greece.

Athanasios TsakrisDepartment of Microbiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-0656-4715

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Abstract

Substantial knowledge gaps exist concerning the varying durations of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) placements that lead to either central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) or catheter colonization. We aimed to compare PICCs dwell time between patients who developed CLABSIs due to multidrug-resistant microorganisms (MDROs) and patients with catheter colonization by MDROs. Data from 86 patients admitted consecutively to a tertiary-care hospital from 2017 to 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. The mean dwell time was 25.73 ± 16.19 days in the PICC-CLABSI group and 16.36 ± 10.28 days in the PICC-colonization group (

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catheter colonizationcentral line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI)intravenous cathetermultidrug-resistant pathogensperipherally inserted central catheter (PICC)

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PMID39061314

DOI10.3390/antibiotics13070632

PMCPMC11273596

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