Table 3.

Microorganisms causing catheter‐related bloodstream infections^a

	2% taurolidine (n = 52)	0.9% saline (n = 50)	P value
Infection type – no. of CRBSIs
Monobacterial bloodstream infection	3	14	0.21
Gram‐positive – %	3 (100)	6 (43)
Gram‐negative – %	0 (0)	8 (57)
Polybacterial bloodstream infectionb	1	1
Isolated fungemia	0	1
Unknownc	1	2
Total	5	18
Gram–positive – no. of microorganisms d
Bacillus cereus	0	1
Staphylococcus aureus	1	2
Staphylococcus epidermidis	1	4
Streptococcus salivarius	1	0
Species not specified	1	0
Total	4	7
Gram–negative – no. of microorganisms e
Acinetobacter ursingii	0	1
Citrobacter koseri	0	1
Klebsiella oxytoca	0	1
Klebsiella pneumonia	0	2
Morganella morganii	0	1
Neiserna elongate	1	0
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia	0	1
Serratia marcescens	0	1
Species not specified	0	2
Total	1	10
Fungemia—no. of microorganisms
Candida albicans	0	1

CRBSI, catheter‐related bloodstream infection.

^a P value was calculated with the use of Fisher's exact test.

^bIn the taurolidine and saline group, respectively two (Streptococcus salivarius and Neiserna elongata) and three (Acinetobacter ursingii, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Staphylococcus epidermidis) microorganisms were grown from one blood culture.

^cA positive blood culture was reported; however, the microorganism involved was not documented.

^dGram–positive species cultured from both monobacterial and polybacterial blood cultures.

^eGram–negative species cultured from both monobacterial and polybacterial blood cultures.