International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 7 , Pages e548-e552 , July 2010

The efficacy of catheters coated with minocycline and rifampin in the prevention of catheter-related bacteremia in cancer patients receiving high-dose interleukin-2

  • R.F. Chemaly

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, Unit 402, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 713 745 1116; fax: +1 713 745 6839.
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  • P.S. Sharma

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, Unit 402, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA
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  • S. Youssef

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, Unit 402, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA
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  • D. Gerber

      Affiliations

    • Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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  • P. Hwu

      Affiliations

    • Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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  • S.S. Hanmod

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, Unit 402, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA
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  • Y. Jiang

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, Unit 402, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA
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  • R.Y. Hachem

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, Unit 402, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA
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  • I.I. Raad

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, Unit 402, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA

Received 20 February 2009 ,Revised 17 July 2009 ,Accepted 10 August 2009.

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    Kaplan–Meier estimates of being free from catheter-related bacteremia for patients who had minocycline and rifampin-coated catheters (M/R-C) and those who had non-coated catheters (NC-C) (p=0.063).

    Kaplan–Meier estimates of being free from catheter-related bacteremia for patients who had minocycline and rifampin-coated catheters (M/R-C) and those who had non-coated catheters (NC-C) (p=0.063).

☆ Presented in part at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, San Diego, CA, USA, October 4–7, 2007.

PII: S1201-9712(09)00341-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.08.007

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 7 , Pages e548-e552 , July 2010

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