Highlights
- •Recurrences were rare, even with prosthetic material in place.
- •Local infection signs and neutropenia appear to increase the risk of recurrence.
- •Appropriate antibiotic treatment did not prevent recurrence.
Little research has been carried out on recurrences of catheter-related bloodstream
infection due to coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS-CRBSI). The main objective
of this study was to characterize patients with CoNS-CRBSI and infection recurrence
after catheter removal. We included 184 CoNS-CRBSI episodes. Only 8 patients experienced
recurrent bacteremia and none of them developed secondary infection of preexisting
orthopedic or intravascular implant material.
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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: November 19, 2019
Footnotes
All authors contributed equally.
Conflicts of interest: None to report.
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© 2019 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
