Occlusion and infection in broviac catheters during intensive cancer therapy
CancerPublished 15 December 1983Open access
Hillard M. Lazarus, James N. Lowder, Roger H. Herzig
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An increase in gram‐positive bacteremias in patients with these catheters and drug‐induced catheter occlusion must now be appreciated.
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Before administration of intensive cytotoxic therapy, 90 central venous catheters were inserted into 80 patients with malignancies. Twenty-seven episodes of bacteremia and fungemia occurred during 96 treatment courses. The majority of these infections were due to gram-positive bacteria (45%) or fungi (22%), although gram-negative organisms accounted for 33%. Catheter occlusion occurred in patients receiving intravenous phenytoin, but blood products could be infused without difficulty. An increase in gram-positive bacteremias in patients with these catheters and drug-induced catheter occlusion must now be appreciated.
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