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Central-line–associated bloodstream infections secondary to anaerobes: Time for a definition change?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2023

Jessica L. Seidelman*
Affiliation:
Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Ibukunoluwa C. Kalu
Affiliation:
Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, North Carolina Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Sarah S. Lewis
Affiliation:
Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Deverick J. Anderson
Affiliation:
Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Becky A. Smith
Affiliation:
Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
*
Author for correspondence: Jessica L. Seidelman, E-mail: jessica.seidelman@duke.edu

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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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Footnotes

PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. Preliminary data for this manuscript were presented in an oral presentation at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2022 Spring conference on April 13, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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Bloodstream infection event (central-line–associated bloodstream infection and non–central-line–associated bloodstream infection). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/pdfs/pscmanual/4psc_clabscurrent.pdf. Published January 2022. Accessed November 21, 2022.Google Scholar
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