Abstract
Objectives
To study the clinical, epidemiological, and microbiological associations between intestinal failure (IF) and central line–associated infections (CLABSI) in patients with central vein catheters (CVCs) during 2005–2016.
Methods
We compared retrospectively CLABSI rates according to background disease, type of line access, pathogen distribution, and antibiotic susceptibilities.
Results
One hundred and fourteen children (64.1% < 4 years) were enrolled. Main diagnoses were persistent diarrhea (20, 17.5%), short bowel syndrome (13, 11.4%), continuous-TPN w/o diarrhea (11, 9.7%), very early–onset inflammatory bowel disease (VEO-IBD, 8, 7%), Hirschsprung’s disease (3, 2.6%), non-oncologic hematologic conditions (13, 11.4%), and other diseases (46, 40.4%). 152.749 catheter days were recorded; 71.1% had Hickman’s catheters. Two hundred and nine CLABSI episodes were recorded in 58 patients (82% with IF, 13.7 and 8.2/1000 catheter days in IF, and non-gastrointestinal conditions, P = 0.09). More CLABSI were recorded in continuous TPN vs. VEO-IBD or persistent diarrhea (38.8 vs.15.8 and 12.8/1000 catheter days, P < 0.004). Among patients with Hickman in jugular vein, highest CLBSI incidence was in continuous TPN, VEO-IBD, and persistent diarrhea (29.9, 15.84, and 12.49 episodes/1000 catheter days, respectively). CVCs were removed in 38.8% CLABSI. Two hundred and thirty-five pathogens were isolated (Enterobacteriaceae spp. in 39% of IF patients, mostly in persistent diarrhea and short bowel syndrome patients, 47.6% and 34.8%, respectively). Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus was the commonest pathogen in continuous TPN, VEO-IBD, and Hirschsprung’s (71.4%, 55.6% and 46.1%, respectively).
Conclusions
CLABSI rates in IF patients were among the highest reported. We reported a “hierarchy” in CLABSI incidence among patients with IF and showed that CLABSI incidence and etiology were different as function of background diseases and CVC insertion site.
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Nassar, R., Hazan, G., Leibovitz, E. et al. Central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infections in children diagnosed with intestinal failure in Southern Israel. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 39, 517–525 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-019-03753-2
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