Bloodstream Infections

Prophylactic Use of Vancomycin Is Not Supported

Published in Blood Weekly, November 9th, 1998

Vancomycin, used along with catheter insertion, decreased central venous catheter bloodstream infections in infants, but may still be inappropriate.

Prophylactic use of vancomycin lead to the development of vancomycin-resistant organisms, indicated M. Fallat, Kosair Children's Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky, and colleagues ("Central Venous Catheter Bloodstream Infections in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit," Journal of Pediatric Surgery, September 1998;33(9):1383-1387).

Fallet et al. conducted a study to identify symptoms and signs related to central venous catheter (CVC) bloodstream infections (BSI) in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients...

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