Incidence and Outcomes of Central Venous Catheter–related Blood Stream Infection in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Routine Clinical Practice Setting

Conclusions: In this investigation, regardless of the patients' demographic features including immunosuppressive therapy, up to 30% of febrile IBD patients with CVC showed CRBSI. It is believed that CVC placement per se is a risk of CRBSI in patients with IBD.
Source: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Original Clinical Articles Source Type: research