title: Identification and characterization of catheter-related bloodstream infections due to viridans group streptococci in patients with cancer.
abstract: Viridans group streptococci (VGS), a leading cause of bloodstream infection (BSI) in cancer patients, are thought to arise from the gastrointestinal tract. We sought to determine whether central venous catheters may serve as the source of VGS BSI, and to compare the ability of the newly proposed mucosal barrier injury laboratory-confirmed BSI definition to assign a VGS BSI source compared with the catheter-related BSI definition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Department of Genomic Medicine, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Samuel A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Shelburne
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Anne-Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Chaftari
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jamal
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Iba
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Al Wohoush
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Shaadi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abughazaleh
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cairo
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Sammy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raad
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Labib
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Debiane
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. Electronic address: iraad@mdanderson.org.
authors.forename: Issam
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Raad
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*
keywords: Bacteremia; Neutropenia; Streptococcus; Venous catheter