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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012 Apr;31(4):337–340. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31823eeec5

Table 2.

Relationship between clinical characteristics and occurrence of bacteremia and CLABSI during the pre-repair period

Characteristica Any Bacteremia P value Any CLABSI P value
N (%) Yes No Yes No
N=21 N=60 N=13 N=68

Age ≤3 years 12 (57.14) 25 (41.67) 0.22 7 (53.85) 30 (44.12) 0.52
Primary diagnosis: 0.34 0.66
Cancer 15 (71.43) 32 (53.33) 9 (69.23) 38 (55.88)
Short bowel syndrome 3 (14.29) 12 (20.00) 2 (15.38) 13 (19.12)
Other 3(14.29) 16 (26.67) 2(15.38) 17 (25.00)
Immunocompromised 17 (80.95) 39 (65) 0.17 10 (76.92) 46 (67.65) 0.51
Catheter type: 0.95 0.77
PICC 2 (9.52) 6 (10) 1 (7.69) 7 (10.29)
Tunneled 19 (90.48) 54 (90) 12 (92.31) 61 (89.71)
Parenteral nutrition 12 (57.14) 22 (36.67) 0.10 9 (69.23) 25 (36.76) 0.03

PICC = peripherally inserted central catheter

a

Characteristics not mutually exclusive.