Table 2. Characteristics of catheter related bloodstream infections.
| Heparin | Taurolidine | p-value | |
| Origin positive blood cultures (n (%)) | 0.000* | ||
| Peripheral | 34 (7) | 15 (35) | |
| Catheter | 217 (47) | 9 (21) | |
| Both | 206 (44) | 19 (44) | |
| Unknown | 6 (1) | 0 (0) | |
| Type of bloodstream infection (n (%)) | 0.147 | ||
| Monomicrobial | 345 (74) | 28 (65) | |
| Polymicrobial | 113 (24) | 15 (35) | |
| Unknown | 6 (2) | 0 (0) | |
| Type of pathogens in peripheral blood culture (n (%))** | 0.093 | ||
| Gram positive bacteria | 164 (57) | 24 (55) | |
| Gram negative bacteria | 94 (32) | 11 (25) | |
| Yeast | 26 (9) | 9 (20) | |
| Unknown | 6 (2) | 0 (0) | |
| Type of pathogens in catheter blood culture (n (%))** | 0.332 | ||
| Gram positive bacteria | 313 (55) | 24 (57) | |
| Gram negative bacteria | 209 (37) | 12 (29) | |
| Yeast | 43 (7) | 6 (14) | |
| Unknown | 6 (1) | 0 (0) |
Characteristics were presented as number of events (n) with percentage (%). *A p-value lower than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. **More pathogens than CRBSI, because of polymicrobial infections and differences in positive blood cultures between blood cultures of peripheral and venous access origin.