Efficacy of antibiotic-lock technique with teicoplanin in staphylococcus epidermidis catheter-related sepsis during long-term parenteral nutrition.
JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr
; 26(2): 109-13, 2002.
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BACKGROUND: The antibiotic-lock technique has been suggested to treat catheter-related sepsis in parenteral nutrition and to avoid catheter removal. METHODS: To determine the incidence of catheter-related sepsis, the bacteria involved, and the efficacy of the antibiotic-lock technique with teicoplanin, all patients (n = 263) undergoing parenteral nutrition from January 1997 to December 1999 in one center, with patients at the hospital (n = 209) and at home (54) were retrospectively studied. The antibiotic-lock technique with teicoplanin was systematically used in all suspected infections and maintained in staphylococcus epidermidis (SE) infections. RESULTS: A total of 21 of 263 patients had 34 infections (0.11/patient per year): 12 of 209 hospitalized and 9 of 54 home patients. A total of 10 of 34 infections were due to non-SE, and the catheter was immediately removed. The other 24 of 34 infections were due to SE; in 5 of 24, the catheter was removed after 48 hours of the antibiotic-lock technique because of persistent fever or thrombosis. A total of 5 of 12 patients had 2 or more infections on the same catheter. The antibiotic-lock technique prevented short-term catheter removal in these cases, but a second infection occurred within a median of 50 days. In 4 of 5 cases, a third infection occurred in a mean delay of 90 days so that the catheter was removed. In 3 of 5 patients, bacteria was analyzed with pulsed field gel electrophoresis, which showed that recurrent infections were due to the same strain in all cases. CONCLUSIONS: In this study, the incidence of catheter-related sepsis was low and mostly related to SE. Our results do not support the use of the teicoplanin antibiotic-lock technique in SE infections.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Infecciones Estafilocócicas
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Cateterismo
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Nutrición Parenteral
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Teicoplanina
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Antibacterianos
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr
Año:
2002
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Francia
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos