Treatment of Hickman catheter sepsis using antibiotic lock technique.
Antibiotic lock therapy, an alternative treatment for Hickman catheter sepsis, was evaluated in six recipients of prolonged outpatient intravenous therapy. Twenty-two episodes of catheter sepsis were identified, involving coagulase-negative staphylococci (11), gram-negative bacilli (3), gram-positive bacilli (1), yeast (4), and mixed bacteria or fungi (3). In a select group of patients, treatment was successful 92% of the time.
Krzywda
E A
EA
Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226, USA.
Andris
D A
DA
Edmiston
C E
CE
Quebbeman
E J
EJ
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000382:microbiology; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006801:Humans
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents