title: The influence of using antibiotic-coated peripherally inserted central catheters on decreasing the risk of central line-associated bloodstream infections.
abstract: The use of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) has increased over the past few years due to their less serious insertion complications. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether patients receiving PICCs impregnated with minocycline and rifampin had a lower rate of CLABSI compared with a concurrent control group of patients receiving uncoated PICCs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Ammar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yousif
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. Electronic address: achaftar@mdanderson.org.
authors.forename: Anne-Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Chaftari
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Majd
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Michael
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Zainab
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Al Hamal
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Alawami
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.affiliation: Department of Infusion Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Natividad
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Elizabeth
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Ray
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hachem
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Issam
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Raad
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D057785:Catheters; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008911:Minocycline / Q000494:pharmacology; D015995:Prevalence; D012293:Rifampin / Q000494:pharmacology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D008911:Minocycline; D012293:Rifampin
keywords: Antimicrobial catheters; Bacteremia; Central venous catheters; Minocycline; Rifampin