Table 3.

Clinical indication for IVAD removal within 30 days of placement, and bacterial isolates associated with CLABSI.

	Days in place	Indication for removal	Organism 1	Organism 2
CLABSI
Patient 1 M **	15	bacteremia	Coag negative staph	Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Patient 3 F **	9	bacteremia	Enterobacter cloacae	Enterococcus faecium
Patient 4 F **	21	bacteremia	Beta hemolytic strep G
Patient 8 F **	19	bacteremia	Coag negative staph
Patient 9 F **	6	bacteremia	Klebsiella pneumonia
Patient 10 F **	25	bacteremia	Coag negative staph
Patient 11 F **	6	bacteremia	Pseudomonas aeruginosa
CELLULITIS/NON-CLABSI INFECTION
Patient 2 F	1	Cellulitis (tunnel)	None
Patient 5 M	21	bacteremia	Strep viridans
Patient 6 F	15	Fever, leukocytosis	Enterococcus
Patient 7 F	12	Cellulitis (port pocket)	None
Patient 12 F	27	bacteremia	Escherichia coli