Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Placement Is an Underrecognized Source of Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection

Eloise D Austin; Sean B Sullivan; Susan Whittier; Franklin D Lowy; Anne-Catrin Uhlemann

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofw072

Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Placement Is an Underrecognized Source of Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2016 Apr 6;3(2):ofw072. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofw072. eCollection 2016 Mar.

Authors

Eloise D Austin¹, Sean B Sullivan¹, Susan Whittier², Franklin D Lowy³, Anne-Catrin Uhlemann¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases.
² Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory , Columbia University Medical Center , New York.
³ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases; Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Columbia University Medical Center, New York.

Abstract

Few studies have focused on the risks of peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVs) as sources for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB), a life-threatening complication. We identified 34 PIV-related infections (7.6%) in a cohort of 445 patients with SAB. Peripheral intravenous catheter-related SAB was associated with significantly longer bacteremia duration and thrombophlebitis at old PIV sites rather than current PIVs.

Keywords: MRSA; Staphylococcus aureus; bacteremia; peripheral IV.

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