Pseudomonas Causing Catheter Infection in the Groin Area: A New Reason to Avoid Femoral Lines?

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¹ Department of Biostatistics and Clinical Research, Caen University Hospital; Department of Infectious Diseases, Caen University Hospital; and EA2656 Groupe de Recherche sur l'Adaptation Microbienne (GRAM 2.0), Université Caen Normandie, Caen, France EA2656 Groupe de Recherche sur l'Adaptation Microbienne (GRAM 2.0), Université Caen Normandie; and Department of Microbiology, Caen University Hospital, Caen, France Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; and Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.

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Jean-Jacques Parienti et al. Crit Care Med. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;48(5):773-774.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004296.

¹ Department of Biostatistics and Clinical Research, Caen University Hospital; Department of Infectious Diseases, Caen University Hospital; and EA2656 Groupe de Recherche sur l'Adaptation Microbienne (GRAM 2.0), Université Caen Normandie, Caen, France EA2656 Groupe de Recherche sur l'Adaptation Microbienne (GRAM 2.0), Université Caen Normandie; and Department of Microbiology, Caen University Hospital, Caen, France Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; and Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.

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The Insertion Site Should Be Considered for the Empirical Therapy of Short-Term Central Venous and Arterial Catheter-Related Infections.
Buetti N, Ruckly S, Lucet JC, Perozziello A, Mimoz O, Souweine B, Timsit JF. Buetti N, et al. Crit Care Med. 2020 May;48(5):739-744. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004270. Crit Care Med. 2020. PMID: 32167494