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The present article is an update of the literature on intravascular catheter-related infections.
A multidisciplinary group of Spanish physicians with an interest in catheter-related infections selected the most important papers produced in the field during 2004 and 2005. One of the members of the group discussed the content of each of the selected papers, with a critical review by other members of the panel.
After a review of the state of the art, papers from the fields of epidemiology, new causative microorganisms (bacterial and fungal), laboratory diagnosis, antimicrobial-lock therapy, prevention based on educative measures, and prevention based on new connectors were discussed by the group.
Key words:
Catheter-Related Infections
Bacteremia
Catheter-Related Bloodstream infections
Epidemiology
Laboratory diagnosis
Antibiotic-Lock therapy
Prevention
Education measures
El artículo presente recoge una actualización bibliográfica de las infecciones intravasculares relacionadas con catéteres. Un grupo multidisciplinario de clínicos españoles con experiencia en las infecciones relacionadas con catéteres seleccionó las publicaciones más importantes en este campo aparecidas en la bibliografía en 2004 y 2005. El contenido de cada uno de los artículos seleccionados fue expuesto y discutido por uno de los miembros del grupo, después de lo cual los miembros restantes efectuaron una revisión crítica.
Tras la revisión de la situación actual, el grupo discutió las publicaciones procedentes de los campos de la epidemiología, los nuevos microorganismos causales (bacterias y hongos), el diagnóstico de laboratorio, el tratamiento mediante sellado endoluminal con antibióticos, la prevención fundamentada en medidas educativas y la prevención basada en nuevos dispositivos de conexión.
Palabras clave:
Infecciones relacionadas con catéteres
Bacteriemia
Sepsis relacionada con catéteres
Epidemiología
Diagnóstico de laboratorio
Tratamiento mediante sellado endoluminal con antibióticos
Prevención
Medidas educativas
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