Incidence and risk factors for central vascular catheter-related bloodstream infections in a tertiary care hospital.

Aikaterini Tarpatzi1,2, Athina Avlamis2, Joseph Papaparaskevas2, George L. Daikos1, Ioanna Stefanou2, Anastasia Katsandri2, Alexandra Vasilakopoulou2, Kalliopi S. Chatzigeorgiou3, George L. Petrikkos1 1Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory “G.K. Daikos”, First Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, Athens University School of Medicine, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece; 2Department of Microbiology, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece; 3Department of Microbiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece