Prospective study of bacteremia after cardiac catheterization.
Nine hundred sixty consecutive cardiac catheterization procedures were studied prospectively for the presence of periprocedural bacteremia. Overall, among 960 procedures, only 4 were associated with clinically significant bacteremia. All 4 were related to the intravenous line and none to the cardiac procedure itself. Clinically nonsignificant bacteremias were correlated with procedural duration, multiple skin punctures, use of multiple balloons, and obesity.
Banai
Shmuel
S
The Heiden Department of Cardiology and The Division of Infectious Diseases, Bikur Cholim Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. banais@mail.netvision.net.il
Selitser
Vera
V
Keren
Andre
A
Benhorin
Jesaia
J
Shitrit
Orly Ben
OB
Yalon
Shaul
S
Halperin
Efraim
E
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007709:Klebsiella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011677:Punctures / Q000009:adverse effects; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D034363:Viridans Streptococci / Q000302:isolation & purification