A Local Experience of Antibiotic Lock Therapy as an Adjunctive Treatment for Central Venous Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections in Pediatric Oncology and Hematology Patients

• Main Authors: Elena de Frutos Porras (Author), Elvira Cobo-Vázquez (Author), Alicia Hernanz Lobo (Author), María del Mar Santos Sebastián (Author), Elia Pérez Fernández (Author), Carmen Garrido Colino (Author), Elena Cela (Author), María Luisa Navarro Gómez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: One of the main drawbacks of tunneled central venous catheters (CVCs) is catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs). Antibiotic lock therapy (ALT) can be combined with systemic antibiotics to achieve catheter salvage. Our objectives are to describe cases of CRBSI and our experience...