Antibiotic lock therapy for the conservative treatment of long-term intravenous catheter-related infections in adults and children: When and how to proceed? Guidelines for clinical practice 2020 - 14/04/21

Recommendation group of the Société de Pathologie Infectieuse de Langue Francaise French Infectious Diseases Society

Members of the Sous les Verrous Study Group

Odile Albert ^a, Eric Bonnet ^b, Bruno Cassard ^c, Cécile Chambrier ^d, Alexandre Charmillon ^e, Sylvain Diamantis ^f, Bertrand Gachot ^g, Mathieu Lafaurie ^h, David Lebeaux ⁱ, Nolwenn Lucas ^j, Christophe Strady ^k, Julie Toubiana ^l, Christophe Strady ^j, ⁎

^a Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France 

^b Hôpital Joseph Ducuing, Clinique Pasteur, Clinique Médipôle Garonne, Toulouse, France 

^c Pharmacy unit, GHSIF, Groupe Hospitalier Sud Île-de-France, Melun, France 

^d Intensive clinical nutrition unit, Labeled center of home parenteral nutrition, Hôpital Lyon Sud, Hospices civils de Lyon, Lyon, France 

^e Infectious and tropical diseases unit, Hôpital Brabois, CHRU de Nancy, Nancy, France 

^f Infectious and tropical diseases unit, GHSIF, Groupe Hospitalier Sud Île-de-France, Melun, France 

^g Infectious pathology unit, Interdisciplinary department of patient pathway organization, Hôpital universitaire Gustave-Roussy, Cancer Campus–Grand Paris, Paris, France 

^h Infectious and tropical diseases unit (SMIT), In charge of U2i (infectiology intervention unit), Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France 

ⁱ Université de Paris, 75006 Paris, Microbiology department, Mobile infectiology unit, AP–HP, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France 

^j Resuscitation unit, Interdisciplinary department of patient pathway organization, Hôpital universitaire Gustave-Roussy, Cancer Campus – Grand Paris, France 

^k Infectiology office, Groupe Courlancy, Reims, France 

^l Pediatric infectologist, Hôpital Necker-Enfants malades, Paris, France 

^⁎Corresponding author.