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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nutrition. 2012 Aug 2;29(1):52–59. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2012.03.010

Table 2C.

Non-bloodstream infections

Time post-discharge # Infections # patients affected/month Rate/1000 catheter-days 95% confidence interval
1st month 16 12 5.4 3.0 to 9.6
2nd month 24 16 11.1 6.8 to 18.2
3rd month 16 11 11.6 6.7 to 20.2
4th month 10 7 9.3 4.4 to 19.9
5th month 8 5 10.0 4.1 to 24.5
6th month 7 4 11.2 4.7 to 26.3
Total = 81 8.8 6.4 to 12.1

HPN = Home parenteral nutrition