Table 1. Frequency of Bacterial and Fungal Related Venous Access Device Infections and Associated Bacteremia and Fungemia in Adult Patients (n = 31) With Cystic Fibrosis (2001 - 2015).
Patients | Events | Positive blood cultures | |
---|---|---|---|
Bacterial: catheter infections | 4 | 6 | 14 |
Fungal: catheter infections | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Bacterial: TIVAP infections | 13 | 23 | 48 |
Fungal: TIVAP infections | 13 | 17 | 42 |
Total | 31 | 47 | 106 |
TIVAP: totally implantable venous access ports. Event: single temporal identified infectious complication-noting multiple patients had more than one event. Three positive (+) blood cultures were polymicrobial.