TABLE 4.
Relationship of organism and portal of entry
| Organism | Total no. of patientsa | Portal of entryb
|
P (Fisher's exact test)c | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IVC | Pulmonary | Other | |||
| No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | |||
| S. aureus | 14 | 5 (50) | 1 (10) | 4 (40) | 0.102 |
| Coagulase-negative staphylococci | 30 | 28 (97) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | <0.001 |
| S. pneumoniae | 10 | 1 (10) | 9 (90) | 0 (0) | <0.001 |
| Other Streptococcus species | 6 | 2 (67) | 0 (0) | 1 (33) | 0.412 |
| Enterococcus species | 9 | 4 (50) | 1 (13) | 3 (38) | 0.220 |
| Enterobacteriaceaed | 18 | 10 (67) | 2 (13) | 3 (20) | 0.381 |
| P. aeruginosa | 17 | 4 (31) | 8 (62) | 1 (8) | 0.019 |
| Other | 18 | 13 (81) | 1 (6) | 2 (13) | 0.038 |
a
Includes the total number of patients that ever had the organism isolated from a blood culture. This table does not take into consideration the number of times that the patients had a particular organism.
b
The portal of entry was unknown for 17 patients, accounting for the differences between totals and itemized categories for some organisms.
c
The overall relationship between organism and portal of entry by χ2 test (P < 0.001).
d
Includes E. coli, Klebsiella species, and Enterobacter species.