Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Noncuffed, percutaneously inserted central venous catheters (CVCs) are widely used and cause at least 250,000 bloodstream infections (BSIs) in U.S. hospitals each year. We report a prospective study to determine whether inflammation at the insertion site is predictive of CVC-related BSI. METHODS:Percutaneously inserted, noncuffed CVCs inserted into the subclavian, internal jugular, or femoral vein in two randomized trials during 1998-2000 were prospectively studied; most patients were in an intensive care unit. The condition of the insertion site was evaluated daily by research nurses, quantifying pain (0, 1), erythema (0-2), swelling (0, 1), and purulence (0, 1); the lowest possible overall inflammation score was 0 and the highest was 5. CVC-related BSI was confirmed in each case by demonstrating concordance between isolates from the catheter segment and from blood cultures by restriction-fragment DNA subtyping. RESULTS:Among 1,263 CVCs prospectively studied, 333 (26.3%) were colonized at removal; of these, 35 catheters (2.7%) caused BSIs (5.9 per 1000 CVC days). BSIs were caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci (n = 27), enterococci (n = 4), enteric Gram-negative bacilli (n = 3), or (n = 1). Most insertion sites showed little or no inflammation at the time of removal. There were no significant differences among mean scores for each inflammatory variable examined or overall score among colonized CVCs (0.1 +/- 0.1), catheters causing CVC-related BSI (0.2 +/- 0.4), and noncolonized CVCs (0.1 +/- 0.1). The sensitivity of local inflammation for diagnosis of CVC-related BSI was dismal (0-3%). CONCLUSION:Local inflammation is uncommon with infected CVCs, probably because most catheter-associated infections are currently caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci, a pathogen that incites little local or systemic inflammation. Whereas overt inflammation of the insertion site should raise suspicion of CVC-related BSI caused by or Gram-negative bacilli, especially if the patient has fever or other signs of sepsis, in general, site appearance cannot be relied on to identify catheter colonization or CVC-related BSI.
journal_name
Crit Care Medjournal_title
Critical care medicineauthors
Safdar N,Maki DGdoi
10.1097/00003246-200212000-00003subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-12-01 00:00:00pages
2632-5issue
12eissn
0090-3493issn
1530-0293journal_volume
30pub_type
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/00003246-199812000-00027
更新日期:1998-12-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1097/00003246-198406000-00014
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pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000000301
更新日期:2014-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199311000-00013
更新日期:1993-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000002872
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e318225754f
更新日期:2011-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-198111000-00005
更新日期:1981-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199904000-00036
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doi:10.1097/00003246-198503000-00016
更新日期:1985-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199612000-00004
更新日期:1996-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-198511000-00012
更新日期:1985-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00003246-200211001-00003
更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e31827cac7a
更新日期:2013-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00003246-198803000-00005
更新日期:1988-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e31828a3f99
更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181692966
更新日期:2008-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 指南,杂志文章,实务指引
doi:
更新日期:1999-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-200101000-00002
更新日期:2001-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199608000-00013
更新日期:1996-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00003246-200205001-00019
更新日期:2002-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1097/00003246-199503000-00023
更新日期:1995-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1994-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000004133
更新日期:2020-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1097/01.CCM.0000239233.63425.1D
更新日期:2006-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-198712000-00019
更新日期:1987-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2007-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199910000-00015
更新日期:1999-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000003773
更新日期:2019-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199502000-00009
更新日期:1995-02-01 00:00:00