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* A type of [[central line infection]] |
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=== Case Definition === |
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==== IDSA ==== |
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* Tenderness, hyperemia, and/or induration that extends >2 cm from the exit site and along the subcutaneous tunnel |
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* May or may not be associated with bacteremia |
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* Tenderness, erythema, or site induration >2 cm from the catheter site along the subcutaneous tract of a tunneled catheter, in the absence of concomitant [[Central line-associated bloodstream infection|bloodstream infection]] |
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Revision as of 18:42, 7 February 2021
Background
- A type of central line infection
Case Definition
IDSA
- Tenderness, hyperemia, and/or induration that extends >2 cm from the exit site and along the subcutaneous tunnel
- May or may not be associated with bacteremia
CDC
- Tenderness, erythema, or site induration >2 cm from the catheter site along the subcutaneous tract of a tunneled catheter, in the absence of concomitant bloodstream infection
Management
- Send cultures of any drainage and send blood cultures
- Remove catheter, without exchange over a wire
- Insert replacement catheter at distant site
- Antibiotics
- Cover Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms, and adjust based on culture results
- Without bacteremia, treat for 10 to 14 days
- With bacteremia, see central line-associated bloodstream infection for management
