Increased Peripheral Venous Catheter Bloodstream Infections during COVID-19 Pandemic, Switzerland

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Zanella, Marie-Céline ; Pianca, Eva ; Catho, Gaud ; Obama, Basilice ; De Kraker, Marlieke E.A. ; Nguyen, Aude ; Chraiti, Marie-Noëlle ; Sobel, Jonathan ; Fortchantre, Loïc ; Harbarth, Stephan ; Abbas, Mohamed ; Buetti, Niccolò
• Description:
  Studies suggest that central venous catheter bloodstream infections (BSIs) increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. We investigated catheter-related BSIs in Switzerland and found peripheral venous catheter (PVC) BSI incidence increased during 2021-2022 compared with 2020. These findings should raise awareness of PVC-associated BSIs and prompt inclusion of PVC BSIs in surveillance systems.
• Subjects:
  Bacteremia Catheterization, Peripheral Catheters COVID-19 Cross Infection Humans Pandemics Sepsis
• Keywords:
  Bacteria Bloodstream Infection Catheter Coronavirus Coronavirus Disease Peripheral-line Respiratory Infections SARS SARS-CoV-2 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Surveillance Viruses Zoonoses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2024; 30(1):159-162
• Pubmed ID:
  38063084
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10756358
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Switzerland
• Volume:
  30
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:fa1fe7943f869c92159212427aa2963099590b7394eac4b7fe9a6c9d4d8957b2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/140561/cdc_140561_DS1.pdf
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