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Table 2 Cultured pathogens in CLABSI

From: Indwelling time of peripherally inserted central catheters and incidence of bloodstream infections in haematology patients: a cohort study

All CLABSI episodes*

91

Pathogen

CLABSI episodes, n (%)

Gram-positive

34 (37)

Staphylococcus epidermidis

18 (20)

Enterococcus faecium

7 (8)

Staphylococcus aureus

3 (3)

Rothia mucilaginosa

3 (3)

Enterococcus faecalis

3 (3)

Brevibacterium casei

2 (2)

Gram-negative

57 (62)

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

7 (8)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

6 (7)

Acinetobacter spp.

5 (5)

Pseudomonas fluorescens

4 (4)

Serratia marcescens

3 (3)

Escherichia coli

3 (3)

Achromobacter spp.

2 (2)

Klebsiella pneumoniae

2 (2)

Pseudomonas putida

2 (2)

Pantoea spp.

2 (2)

Brevundimonas diminuta

2 (2)

Enterobacter cloacae/asburiae

2 (2)

Other (all n = 1)**

15 (16)

  1. *In 14 episodes, blood cultures showed 2 different pathogens
  2. **Chrysobacterium indologenes, Citrobacter freundii, Enterococcus casselflavius, Fusarium dimerum, Gemella haemolysans, Micrococcus spp., Mycobacterium chelonae, Neisseria subflava, Ochrobactrum anthropi, Propionibacterium acnes, Pseudomonas oryzihabitans, Rhizobium radiobacter, Sphingomonas paucimobilis, Staphylococcus haemolyticus, Streptococcus pneumoniae