Critical Care (Oct 2018)

Epidemiology of subsequent bloodstream infections in the ICU

  • Niccolò Buetti,
  • Elia Lo Priore,
  • Rami Sommerstein,
  • Andrew Atkinson,
  • Andreas Kronenberg,
  • Jonas Marschall,
  • the Swiss Centre for Antibiotic resistance (ANRESIS)

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-018-2148-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 1
pp. 1 – 3

Abstract

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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.