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. 2018 Oct 11;22(1):259.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-018-2148-0.

Epidemiology of subsequent bloodstream infections in the ICU

Niccolò Buetti  1 , Elia Lo Priore  2 , Rami Sommerstein  2 , Andrew Atkinson  2 , Andreas Kronenberg  3 , Jonas Marschall  2 ; Swiss Centre for Antibiotic resistance (ANRESIS)
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Epidemiology of subsequent bloodstream infections in the ICU

Niccolò Buetti et al. Crit Care. .

Abstract

Subsequent bloodstream infections (sBSI) occur with a delay after removal of the intravascular catheter (IVC) whose tip revealed microbial growth. Here we describe the epidemiology of sBSI in the intensive care setting. Serratia marcescens, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and yeast were the pathogens most frequently associated with sBSI. In contrast, Enterococci were rarely found in sBSI.

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As the analysis was performed on anonymized non-genetic surveillance data, ethical consent was not required according to the Swiss law for research on humans (Art. 33 al. 2 LRH).

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Proportion and confidence intervals of subsequent bloodstream infections (sBSI) in the ICU
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