학술논문

Fast and furious: a retrospective study of catheter-associated bloodstream infections with internal jugular nontunneled hemodialysis catheters at a tropical center
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Document Type
Report
Source
Clinical Kidney Journal. October 2019, Vol. 12 Issue 5, p737, 8 p.
Subject
India
Language
English
ISSN
2048-8505
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Between 81 and 100% of patients initiating hemodialysis (HD) in the developing world do so with a nontunneled hemodialysis catheter (NTHC) as their vascular access [1-3]. Low socioeconomic status, [...]
Background. Nontunneled hemodialysis catheters (NTHCs) remain the preferred vascular access at hemodialysis (HD) initiation in developing countries. We studied the incidence, risk factors and microbiological spectrum of jugular NTHC-associated bloodstream infections (CABSIs) at a tertiary care center in South Asia. Methods. In this retrospective cohort study, all adult (> 18 years) incident patients who underwent jugular NTHC insertion for HD between January 2016 and June 2017, had no prior history of temporary vascular access insertion and were followed up for [greater than or equal to] 14 days were included. Results. A total of 897 patients underwent NTHC insertion during the study period and 169 patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria and contributed 7079 patient days of follow-up. CABSI incidence was 7.34 episodes per 1000 catheter days and median infection-free survival and time to CABSI were 96 and 24.5 days, respectively. In multivariate Cox regression analysis, immunosuppressive medication {hazard ratio [HR] 2.87 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.09-7.55]; P = 0.033} and intravenous cefazolin use [HR 0.51 (95% CI 0.28-0.94); P = 0.031] was independently associated with CABSI. The cumulative hazard of CABSI was 8.3,13.3,17.6 and 20.9% at Weeks 1, 2,3 and 4, respectively. Gram-negative organisms were the most common etiological agents (54.7%) and 40.3% of CABSIs were caused by drug-resistant organisms. Gram-negative and Gram-positive CABSIs were associated with neutrophil left shift and higher procalcitonin compared with coagulase-negative staphylococcal CABSIs. Conclusions. In South Asia, NTHC-associated CABSIs occur early and are predominantly Gram negative. We hypothesize that poor hygiene practices may play a role in this phenomenon. Keywords: catheter-related infections/epidemiology, catheter-related infections/microbiology, hemodialysis, nontunneled hemodialysis catheters, South Asia