Catheter retention as a consequence rather than a cause of unfavorable outcome in candidemia

Lauro Damonti; Véronique Erard; Jorge Garbino; Jacques Schrenzel; Stefan Zimmerli; Konrad Mühlethaler; Alexander Imhof; Reinhard Zbinden; Jan Fehr; Katia Boggian; Thomas Bruderer; Ursula Flückiger; Reno Frei; Christina Orasch; Anna Conen; Nina Khanna; Thomas Bregenzer; Jacques Bille; Frédéric Lamoth; Oscar Marchetti; Pierre-Yves Bochud; Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS)

doi:10.1007/s00134-017-4737-9

Catheter retention as a consequence rather than a cause of unfavorable outcome in candidemia

Intensive Care Med. 2017 Jun;43(6):935-939. doi: 10.1007/s00134-017-4737-9. Epub 2017 Mar 7.

Authors

Lauro Damonti¹, Véronique Erard^{1

2}, Jorge Garbino³, Jacques Schrenzel⁴, Stefan Zimmerli⁵, Konrad Mühlethaler⁵, Alexander Imhof^{6

7}, Reinhard Zbinden⁸, Jan Fehr⁷, Katia Boggian⁹, Thomas Bruderer¹⁰, Ursula Flückiger^{11

12}, Reno Frei¹³, Christina Orasch^{1

14

12}, Anna Conen^{12

15}, Nina Khanna¹², Thomas Bregenzer^{15

16}, Jacques Bille¹⁷, Frédéric Lamoth^{1

17}, Oscar Marchetti^{18

19}, Pierre-Yves Bochud²⁰; Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS)

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Rue du Bugnon 46, CH-1011, Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Department of Medicine, HFR-Fribourg Cantonal Hospital, Fribourg, Switzerland.
³ Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medical Specialties, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁴ Bacteriology Laboratory, Service of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Genetics and Laboratory Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Oberaargau Hospital, Langenthal, Switzerland.
⁷ Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, Zürich University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland.
⁸ Laboratory of Microbiological Diagnostics, Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
⁹ Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, Cantonal Hospital, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland.
¹⁰ Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and Parasitology, Center of Laboratory Medicine, Cantonal Hospital, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland.
¹¹ Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Hirslanden Klinik, Aarau, Switzerland.
¹² Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, Basel University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.
¹³ Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Basel University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.
¹⁴ Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Hirslanden Klinik, St. Anna, Lucerne, Switzerland.
¹⁵ Division of lnfectious Diseases and Hospital Hygiene, Cantonal Hospital, Aarau, Switzerland.
¹⁶ Clinics for Internal Medicine, Hospital Lachen AG, Lachen, Switzerland.
¹⁷ Institute of Microbiology, Department of Laboratories, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
¹⁸ Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Rue du Bugnon 46, CH-1011, Lausanne, Switzerland. Oscar.Marchetti@chuv.ch.
¹⁹ Department of Medicine, Ensemble Hospitalier de la Côte, Morges, Switzerland. Oscar.Marchetti@chuv.ch.
²⁰ Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Rue du Bugnon 46, CH-1011, Lausanne, Switzerland. Pierre-Yves.Bochud@chuv.ch.

PMID: 28271318
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-017-4737-9

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Candidemia / blood
Candidemia / microbiology
Candidemia / mortality*
Case-Control Studies
Catheter-Related Infections / blood
Catheter-Related Infections / microbiology
Central Venous Catheters / adverse effects*
Device Removal / adverse effects*
Device Removal / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Treatment Outcome