Short-Term Peripheral Venous Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections: Evidence for Increasing Prevalence of Gram-Negative Microorganisms from a 25-Year Prospective Observational Study
Ripa M., Morata L., Rodríguez-Núñez O., Cardozo C., Puerta-Alcalde P., Hernández-Meneses M., Ambrosioni J., Linares L., Bodro M., Valcárcel A., Casals C., Guerrero-León MDLA., Almela M., Garcia-Vidal C., del Río A., Marco F., Mensa J., Martínez JA., Soriano A.
The aim of this study was to describe the etiology and outcome of short-term peripheral venous catheter (PVC)-related bloodstream infections (PVCRBSI) in a 25-year period (1992 to 2016) and to identify predictive factors of Gram-negative PVCRBSI. This was a prospective observational study including all episodes of PVCRBSI.