ETHANOL LOCKS THERAPY FOR RESOLUTION OF FUNGAL CATHETER INFECTIONS
Creator
Blackwood R A; Klein K C; Micel L N; Willers M L; Mody R J; Teitelbaum D H; Cober M P
Publisher
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Date
2011
2011-12
Description
Ethanol locks have been used to treat catheter infections and to decrease the rate at which they occur. Catheter-related infections caused by Candida spp. are especially difficult to manage medically and usually require catheter removal. We report 3 consecutive patients whose catheter infections caused by Candida were successfully treated with a combination of ethanol lock therapy and systemic antifungals.