BACKGROUND: Home parenteral nutrition (HPN) is lifesaving for children with intestinal failure. Catheter-associated bloodstream infections (CA-BSI) are common in hospitalized patients receiving parenteral nutrition (PN), but data evaluating CA-BSI in children receiving HPN are limited. OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence and characteristics of CA-BSI in children receiving HPN. METHODS: Medical records of 44 children receiving HPN during a 3-year period were reviewed. End points were CA-BSI during the initial 6 months after discharge. CA-BSI was defined as isolation of pathogens from blood requiring antimicrobial therapy. RESULTS: The primary indication for HPN was short bowel syndrome (46%), and 59 BSI were documented during the initial 6 months of HPN in 29 (66%) children. Of CA-BSI, polymicrobial infections accounted for 52%; gram-positive, 29%; gram-negative, 17%; and fungal, 2%. CA-BSI incidence per 1000 catheter-days was highest during the first month posthospital discharge (72 episodes; 95% confidence interval [CI], 45.4-109.6). CA-BSI incidence density ratio for children receiving HPN for >90 days compared with those receiving HPN for <30 days was 2.2 (P < .05). Logistic regression revealed that Medicaid insurance and age <1 year were associated with increased risk for CA-BSI (odds ratio [OR], 4.4 [95% CI, 1.13-16.99] and 6.6 [1.50-28.49], respectively; P < .05). CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of CA-BSI in children receiving HPN is highest during the first month posthospital discharge. Strategies to address care in the immediate posthospital discharge period may reduce the burden of infectious complications of HPN.
BACKGROUND: Home parenteral nutrition (HPN) is lifesaving for children with intestinal failure. Catheter-associated bloodstream infections (CA-BSI) are common in hospitalized patients receiving parenteral nutrition (PN), but data evaluating CA-BSI in children receiving HPN are limited. OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence and characteristics of CA-BSI in children receiving HPN. METHODS: Medical records of 44 children receiving HPN during a 3-year period were reviewed. End points were CA-BSI during the initial 6 months after discharge. CA-BSI was defined as isolation of pathogens from blood requiring antimicrobial therapy. RESULTS: The primary indication for HPN was short bowel syndrome (46%), and 59 BSI were documented during the initial 6 months of HPN in 29 (66%) children. Of CA-BSI, polymicrobial infections accounted for 52%; gram-positive, 29%; gram-negative, 17%; and fungal, 2%. CA-BSI incidence per 1000 catheter-days was highest during the first month posthospital discharge (72 episodes; 95% confidence interval [CI], 45.4-109.6). CA-BSI incidence density ratio for children receiving HPN for >90 days compared with those receiving HPN for <30 days was 2.2 (P < .05). Logistic regression revealed that Medicaid insurance and age <1 year were associated with increased risk for CA-BSI (odds ratio [OR], 4.4 [95% CI, 1.13-16.99] and 6.6 [1.50-28.49], respectively; P < .05). CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of CA-BSI in children receiving HPN is highest during the first month posthospital discharge. Strategies to address care in the immediate posthospital discharge period may reduce the burden of infectious complications of HPN.
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