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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Oct 5;54(1):145–149. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2018.10.024

Table 2.

Early post-operative infectious complications

N N (%)
Type of infection 18
    Bacteremia 12 (67%)
    Port Site 4 (22%)
    Tunnel/track 0 (0%)
    Bacteremia and port 2 (11%)
Organism Isolated 1
    Capnocytopagea 1 (7%)
    Coag Neg Staph + Candida 1 (7%)
    Escherichia coli 3 (21%)
    Moraxella non-liquefaciens 1 (7%)
    Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1 (7%)
    Rothia mucilaginosa 1 (7%)
    Staphylococcus epidermidis 1 (7%)
    Staphyloccocus aureus 4 (29%)
    Streptococcus viridans 1 (7%)
ANC at time of infection 18
    0 10 (56%)
    100 2 (11%)
    300 1 (6%)
    400 1 (6%)
    500 1 (6%)
    600 1 (6%)
    900 1 (6%)
    2500 1 (6%)
Intervention 18
    Antibiotics 10 (56%)
    Surgical removal SQP 2 (11%)
    Antibiotics and surgery 6 (33%)
Delay in therapy 18
    Yes 17 (94%)
    No 1 (6%)