| BrentB 2006-06-26, 9:27 pm |
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Skeptic wrote:
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> REPLY:
> Who? What? There is no medical article available that I can find called
> "Use of catheters with the AgION antimicrobial system lead to a marked
> reduction in catheter-associated infections of the bloodstream". All I see
> above is a bunch of names. Is there an article associated with those names,
> or are they paid by the silver company?
The below artcile is already in this thread.
Use of catheters with the AgION antimicrobial system in kidney
transplant recipients to reduce infection risk.
Loertzer H, Soukup J, Hamza A, Wicht A, Rettkowski O, Koch E, Fornara
P.
Department of Urology and Transplant Center of the Martin Luther
University, Halle, Germany. Hagen.Loert...@medizin.uni-halle.de
Microbial blood infection represents a high risk for immuno-suppressed
patients. Of all catheter-related infections in the bloodstream, 90%
result from the use of central venous catheters, the main cause being
microbial colonization at the catheter's insertion point or the
catheter hub. Between January 2003 and December 2004, 102 patients
received a renal transplant including 57 who received a triple-lumen
central venous catheter (CVC) during the procedure. Two catheters were
used: a standard polyurethane catheter placed in the jugular veina or
the subclavian veina for group I, and polyurethane catheters with the
AgION antimicrobial system always placed in the subclavian veina for
group II. Care and maintenance of the CVCs was standardized in both
groups. After catheter removal, the tips were analyzed
microbiologically. Of 57 (43.9%) CVCs, 25 were found to be
contaminated. In the first group 24 out of 41 CVCs (58.5%) showed
bacterial growth, whereas in group II only one catheter (6.6%) had a
biofilm. The most common contaminant (18 out of 25, 72%) was
Staphylococcus epidermidis. In group II, two patients had positive
blood cultures yet a microbiologically sterile CVC. None of the
catheters with the AgION antimicrobial system had to be removed owing
to local infection or intolerance. The continuous release of silver
ions increases the protection against bacteria and fungi during the
entire time of catheterization. Use of catheters with the AgION
antimicrobial system lead to a marked reduction in catheter-associated
infections of the bloodstream.
PMID: 16647450 [PubMed - in process]
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