Influence of different definitions of central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections on epidemiological parameters in cancer patients

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Apr;42(4):501-503. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.274. Epub 2020 Jun 23.

Authors

Enrico Schalk¹, Maria J G T Vehreschild^{2

3

4}, Lena M Biehl^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hematology and Oncology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Medical Center, Magdeburg, Germany.
² Department I of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
³ German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Site Bonn/Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

PMID: 32631475
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.274

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bacteremia* / diagnosis
Bacteremia* / epidemiology
Catheter-Related Infections* / diagnosis
Catheter-Related Infections* / epidemiology
Catheterization, Central Venous* / adverse effects
Central Venous Catheters* / adverse effects
Humans
Neoplasms* / epidemiology
Sepsis*