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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2012 Sep;13(5):e288–e293. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e31824fbaf7

Table 4.

Infection status conversion by patient group. Four distinct infection status categories exist; no infection, infection acquired during ECMO (on-ECMO), previous fungal infection cleared during ECMO (pre-ECMO) and persistent infection throughout ECMO (all-ECMO).

Pre-ECMO
None, n(%) Fungal, n(%)
On-ECMO Neonates n=12894 n=39
None, n (%) 12776 (99) 34 (87)
Fungal, n(%) 118 (1) 5(13)

Pediatrics n=6002 n=71
None, n (%) 5829 (97) 58 (82)
Fungal, n(%) 173 (3) 13 (18)

Adults n=2030 n=37
None, n (%) 1924(95) 33 (89)
Fungal, n(%) 106 (5) 4 (11)