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ArticleJournal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada2025

Clinician survey for the management of central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection: Catheter retention versus replacement.

Fahad Buskandar, Robert A Fowler, Jennie Johnstone, Todd C Lee, Derek R MacFadden, Emily G McDonald, Matthew J Oliver, Sean W X Ong, David Paterson, Ruxandra Pinto and 4 more

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Article in Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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14 authors.

Fahad BuskandarDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada.
Robert A FowlerDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Jennie JohnstoneDivision of Infectious Diseases, Sinai Health/University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Todd C LeeDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Derek R MacFaddenDepartment of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Emily G McDonaldDivision of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Matthew J OliverDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Sean W X OngInstitute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
David PatersonADVANCE-ID, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Ruxandra PintoInstitute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Canada.
Asgar RishuSunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada.
Ben RogersCentre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
Dafna YahavFaculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Infectious Diseases Unit, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
Nick DanemanDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: When bloodstream infection (BSI) occurs in patients with a central venous catheter (CVC), the catheter may be the original source (catheter-related, CR) or may become a source for persistent infection. BSI should prompt an evaluation of CVC necessity, but there are challenges associated with CVC replacement. Methods: An online multinational survey was sent to professional societies of specialties involved in treating patients who have BSI and a CVC. Clinicians were asked to choose retention versus replacement for scenarios involving different CVC types, infection sources, and pathogens. Additional questions explored central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) diagnosis, management, and willingness to enrol patients in a randomized controlled trial (RCT). Results: A total of 220 physicians responded. For peripherally inserted central catheter-related BSI, most favoured CVC replacement, although there was variability across pathogens ( Conclusion: There is heterogeneity in CVC management practices and stated equipoise for an RCT comparing management approaches for a range of CVC types, BSI sources, and pathogens.

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bacteremiabloodstream infectioncentral venous catheter-related bloodstream infectionCRBSICVC

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PMID41311613
PMCPMC12656720

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