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

• Glavni autori: Elena de Frutos Porras (Autor), Elvira Cobo-Vázquez (Autor), Alicia Hernanz Lobo (Autor), María del Mar Santos Sebastián (Autor), Elia Pérez Fernández (Autor), Carmen Garrido Colino (Autor), Elena Cela (Autor), María Luisa Navarro Gómez (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: MDPI AG, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...