. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 29.

Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Jul 29;64(4):372–381. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.04.052

Table 2.

Frequency, Type and Timing of Infection

Type of Infection	# of Events	# of Patients	% of Patients (N=5158)	Days from surgery to first infection
Type of Infection	# of Events	# of Patients	% of Patients (N=5158)	Median	Min	Max
Pneumonia	125	123	2.38	8	1	62
Bloodstream Infection	59	56	1.09	15	0	65
C. Difficile Colitis	52	50	0.97	17	3	63
Deep Incision Surg site infection (chest)^*	26	26	0.56	20.5	5	54
Mediastinitis	12	12	0.23	24.5	6	60
Deep Incision Surg site infection (groin)^*	10	10	0.21	26	6	49
Myocarditis or pericarditis	5	4	0.08	16	14	27
Empyema	4	3	0.06	56	13	63
Endocarditis	3	3	0.06	25	25	51
Device-related percut site infection	3	3	0.06	54	9	62
Pocket infection^†	2	2	2.33	38.5	15	62

Denominator for patients with a deep SSI is patients having a sternotomy (N=4669).

^†

Denominator for pocket infection is patients who had LVAD placed, replaced, or removed for heart transplant (N=86).