Identification and characterization of catheter-related bloodstream infections due to viridans group streptococci in patients with cancer

Samuel A. Shelburne; Anne Marie Chaftari; Mohamed Jamal; Iba Al Wohoush; Ying Jiang; Shaadi Abughazaleh; Javier Cairo; Sammy Raad; Labib Debiane; Issam Raad

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2014.06.012

Identification and characterization of catheter-related bloodstream infections due to viridans group streptococci in patients with cancer

Samuel A. Shelburne, Anne Marie Chaftari, Mohamed Jamal, Iba Al Wohoush, Ying Jiang, Shaadi Abughazaleh, Javier Cairo, Sammy Raad, Labib Debiane, Issam Raad

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Abstract

Viridans group streptococci (VGS), a leading cause of bloodstream infection (BSI) in cancer patients, are thought to arise from the gastrointestinal tract. We sought to determine whether central venous catheters may serve as the source of VGS BSI, and to compare the ability of the newly proposed mucosal barrier injury laboratory-confirmed BSI definition to assign a VGS BSI source compared with the catheter-related BSI definition.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1127-1129
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	42
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2014.06.012
State	Published - Oct 1 2014

Keywords

Bacteremia
Neutropenia
Streptococcus
Venous catheter

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Epidemiology
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

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Shelburne, S. A., Chaftari, A. M., Jamal, M., Al Wohoush, I., Jiang, Y., Abughazaleh, S., Cairo, J., Raad, S., Debiane, L., & Raad, I. (2014). Identification and characterization of catheter-related bloodstream infections due to viridans group streptococci in patients with cancer. American Journal of Infection Control, 42(10), 1127-1129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2014.06.012

Shelburne, SA , Chaftari, AM , Jamal, M, Al Wohoush, I, Jiang, Y, Abughazaleh, S, Cairo, J, Raad, S, Debiane, L & Raad, I 2014, 'Identification and characterization of catheter-related bloodstream infections due to viridans group streptococci in patients with cancer', American Journal of Infection Control, vol. 42, no. 10, pp. 1127-1129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2014.06.012

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