Table 1 |
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Information on catheters |
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Catheter number |
Duration of insertion |
Change of catheter |
Suspicion of infection |
Blood cultivation |
Antibiotic treatment |
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1 |
9 days |
No |
No |
Not taken |
MEM |
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2 |
3 months |
No |
No |
Not taken |
CIP, FLC, sulfotrime |
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3 |
2 months |
No |
Yes |
Coagulase-negative staphylococci 2 weeks before, S. aureus in swab |
MEM, diclocile, VAN |
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4 |
14 days |
No |
No |
Not taken |
CXM |
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5 |
2–3 weeks |
? |
Yes |
E. faecium 2 days earlier |
MEM, CIP, metronidazole, FLC |
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6 |
3 weeks |
Yes |
Yes |
Streptococci 6 days earlier |
VAN, MEM, CIP, fluconazol |
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7 |
17 days |
Yes |
? |
Not taken |
MEM, GEN, VAN |
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8 |
No data available |
Lactococcus lactis 2 days earlier |
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9 |
No data available |
Not taken |
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10 |
2–3 weeks |
? |
Yes |
E. faecium 2 days earlier |
Caspofungin |
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11 |
8 days |
Yes |
Yes |
E. faecium and coagulase-negative staphylococci 2 days earlier. Fungi 1 day later |
CIP, MEM, fucidine, metronidazole |
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12 |
2 weeks |
? |
Yes |
Corynebacterium jeikeium 5 days earlier and in swab |
VAN, GEN, FLC, PIP, tazabactam, VRC |
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13 |
≥ 4 weeks |
Yes |
No |
Coagulase-negative staphylococci 8 days later |
MEM, CIP, metronidazole, caspofungin |
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14 |
10 days |
Yes, several times |
Yes |
S. aureus 16 days earlier and fungi 7 and 11 days earlier |
MEM, CIP, VAN, fucidine, amphotericinB |
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15 |
5 days |
No |
Yes |
P. aeruginosa 4 days earlier and in swab |
CIP, MEM |
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16 |
17 days |
Yes |
No |
Not taken |
MEM, CIP, GEN, colistine |
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17 |
5 days |
No |
Yes |
Not taken |
CIP, MEM |
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18 |
No data available |
Not taken |
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Data about the catheters including insertion time, catheter changes, suspicion of infection, blood cultivation, and the antibiotic treatment the patient retrieved during catheterization. |
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Larsen et al. BMC Clinical Pathology 2008 8:10 doi:10.1186/1472-6890-8-10 |
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