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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2015 Feb 23;40(6):815–819. doi: 10.1177/0148607115574745

Table 2.

Rates of Bloodstream Infection by Organism Classification and Ethanol Lock Therapy (ELT) Status.

ELT Status Organism
Classification
Rate (per 1000
Catheter Days)
Off ELT Gram positive 2.48
Gram negative 1.35
Fungal 0.00
Polymicrobial 1.13
On ELT Gram positive 1.39
Gram negative 0.84
Fungal 0.07
Polymicrobial 0.84