TY - JOUR
T1 - Serious complications of vascular catheter-related Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in cancer patients
AU - Raad, I.
AU - Narro, J.
AU - Khan, A.
AU - Tarrand, J.
AU - Vartivarian, S.
AU - Bodey, G. P.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2007 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1992/8
Y1 - 1992/8
N2 - Over the period 1986 to 1989, 53 cancer patients were identified with catheter-related Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Septic thrombosis was diagnosed in 12 (23 %) patients and was suspected in another 3 (6 %). Of the 12 patients, five developed deep-seated infections (septic emboli, endocarditis, meningitis, abscess), compared with 2 of the 38 other patients with no septic thrombosis (p<0.01). Fever persisted for more than three days after antibiotic initiation in 52 % of the patients with complications (septic thrombosis and/or deep-seated infections), compared with 19 % of those without complications (p<0.02). Of the three patients with complications who were treated for 14 days with intravenous antistaphylococcal antibiotics, two relapsed; in contrast, all of the nine patients with complications who were treated for more than 14 days (mean 4 weeks) were cured, and none relapsed (p<0.05). Of the nine patients with complications who were treated with a long course of therapy, only one required surgery. The possibility of septic thrombosis and/or deep-seated infections should be considered in all cancer patients with catheter-related Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, and if present, the condition should be treated with appropriate intravenous antibiotics for at least four weeks.
AB - Over the period 1986 to 1989, 53 cancer patients were identified with catheter-related Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Septic thrombosis was diagnosed in 12 (23 %) patients and was suspected in another 3 (6 %). Of the 12 patients, five developed deep-seated infections (septic emboli, endocarditis, meningitis, abscess), compared with 2 of the 38 other patients with no septic thrombosis (p<0.01). Fever persisted for more than three days after antibiotic initiation in 52 % of the patients with complications (septic thrombosis and/or deep-seated infections), compared with 19 % of those without complications (p<0.02). Of the three patients with complications who were treated for 14 days with intravenous antistaphylococcal antibiotics, two relapsed; in contrast, all of the nine patients with complications who were treated for more than 14 days (mean 4 weeks) were cured, and none relapsed (p<0.05). Of the nine patients with complications who were treated with a long course of therapy, only one required surgery. The possibility of septic thrombosis and/or deep-seated infections should be considered in all cancer patients with catheter-related Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, and if present, the condition should be treated with appropriate intravenous antibiotics for at least four weeks.
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U2 - 10.1007/BF01989970
DO - 10.1007/BF01989970
M3 - Article
C2 - 1425725
AN - SCOPUS:0026673567
SN - 0934-9723
VL - 11
SP - 675
EP - 682
JO - European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
JF - European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
IS - 8
ER -