Table 2.

Clinical and epidemiological data of patients who died

Case no.	Time from hospitalization to bacteremia (days)	Time from catheter insertion to bacteremia (days)	Time from bacteremia to death (days)	Complication	Microbiology
1	44	Unknown	20	Suppurative thrombophlebitis	S. aureus P. aeruginosa
2	33	Unknown	12	None	CNS
3	13	2	10	Cellulitis	S. aureus
4	18	9	23	Cellulitis	CNS
5	9	3	5	Suppurative thrombophlebitis	K. oxytoca
6	44	7	19	None	S. aureus
7	42	8	14	None	S. aureus
8	142	9	25	Suppurative thrombophlebitis	S. aureus

Abbreviations: S. aureus, Staphylococcus aureus; CNS, coagulase-negative Staphylococcus; P. aeruginosa, Pseudomonus aeruginosa; K. oxytoca, Klebsiella oxytoca