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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 27.
Published in final edited form as: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Oct 2;35(11):1391–1399. doi: 10.1086/678410

Table 2.

Patient characteristics at time of initial CLABSI (n = 376)

Characteristic Number (%)

Sex
 Male 217 (58)

Age
 < 30 days 195 (52)
 30–60 days 80 (21)
 61–90 days 39 (11)
 91 days to 6 months 46 (12)
 > 6 months 16 (4)

PN^ exposure within prior 7 days 324 (86)

Gastrointestinal (GI) condition
 Single MBI-GI condition 87 (23)
 >1 MBI-GI conditions 62 (17)
 Other GI condition 16 (4)
 None 211 (56)

Intestinal Insufficiency* 139 (37)
^

PN, parenteral nutrition

*

intestinal insufficiency defined as the presence of an MBI-GI qualifying condition and PN exposure within 7 days prior to CLABSI