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Table 4 Pathogen distribution among tip colonizations and CLABSIs

From: Central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection and colonization: the impact of insertion site and distribution of multidrug-resistant pathogens

 

CLABSIs n (%)

TIP COLONIZATION n (%)

SC

IJ

FEM

SC

IJ

FEM

Gram-negative bacteria

 MDR K. pneumoniae

5/31.2

2/6.6

6/46.1

9/21.4

10/16.9

8/18.6

 MDR A. baumannii

2/12.5

10/33.3

4/30.7

13/30.9

19/32.2

12/27.9

 MDR P. aeruginosa

3/18.7

5/11.9

4/6.7

3/6.9

 MDR P. mirabilis

1/1.6

1/2.3

 Non-MDR K. pneumoniae

1/2.3

1/1.6

1/2.3

 Non-MDR P. aeruginosa

1/3.3

1/2.3

5/8.4

1/2.3

E. coli

1/2.3

4/6.7

4/9.3

Gram-positive bacteria

Coagulase-negative staphylococci

1/6.2

8/26.6

1/7.6

2/4.7

2/3.3

4/9.3

 Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA)

2/12.5

1/7.6

1/2.3

2/3.3

Enterococcus spp.

2/6.6

1/2.3

1/1.6

Yeasts

Candida spp.

1/6.2

4/13.3

1/7.6

6/14.2

5/8.4

6/13.9

Other bacteria

2/12.5

3/10

2/4.7

4/6.7

2/4.6

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