Table 4.
Variable | VRE BSI, N (%) |
Non-VRE BSI, N (%) |
Without BSI, N (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Patients who died by 1 year post hematopoietic cell transplantation | 192 (74) | 1063 (44) | 1519 (34) |
Relapse (recurrent/persistent disease) | 47 (24) | 440 (41) | 807 (53) |
Organ failure | 49 (26) | 166 (16) | 223 (15) |
Infection | 29 (15) | 195 (18) | 182 (12) |
Graft versus host disease | 28 (15) | 125 (12) | 145 (10) |
Other cause | 19 (10) | 48 (5) | 65 (4) |
Hemorrhage | 8 (4) | 27 (3) | 26 (2) |
Idiopathic pneumonitis | 5 (3) | 19 (2) | 22 (1) |
Graft rejection | 5 (3) | 23 (2) | 21 (1) |
Unknown | 2 (1) | 12 (1) | 18 (1) |
Secondary malignancy | 0 | 8 (<1) | 10 (<1) |
Infection was a secondary/contributing cause of death: VRE BSI = 45 (23%), non-VRE BSI = 187 (18%), without BSI = 215 (14%).