Table 2.
Clinical forms of BSI, frequency of occurrence, incidence, incidence density, presence of a central catheter, mortality in ICUs in 2016–2019.
| Factor Category | BSI-UNK | BSI-CR | BSI-S | Total | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of BSI (n/%) | 89 (42.6) | 64 (30.6) | 56 (26.8) | 209 (100.0) | n/a | ||||
| Incidence (%) | 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 6.9 | n/a | ||||
| Incidence Density/1000 pds | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 7.9 | n/a | ||||
| Death (n/%) | 15 (16.9) | 7 (10.9) | 14 (25.0) | 36 (17.2) | 0.130 | ||||
| Presence of a central catheter (CVC) | |||||||||
| No (n/%) | 53 (60.7) | 0 (0.0) | 20 (35.7) | 73 (34.9) | <0.01 | ||||
| Yes (n/%) | 36 (40.4) | 64 (100.0) | 36 (64.3) | 136 (65.1) | |||||
| Type of BSI | |||||||||
| Type of BSI | n/a | CRI1 | CRI2 | CRI3 | BSI-PUL | BSI-UTI | BSI-SSI | n/a | n/a |
| Number of BSI | n/a | 8 | 10 | 46 | 20 | 30 | 6 | 120 | n/a |
| Incidence (%) | n/a | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | n/a | n/a |
| Incidence Density/1000 pds | n/a | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | n/a | n/a |
Number (n), 95%CI—95% confidence intervals for the mean, person-days of hospitalization (pds), incidence density per 1000 pds, not applicable (n/a), secondary bloodstream infection (BSI), unknown bloodstream infection (BSI-UNK), catheter-related bloodstream infection (BSI-CRI), local CVC-related no positive blood culture (CRI 1), general CVC-related infection—no positive blood culture (CRI 2), microbiologically confirmed CVC-related bloodstream (CRI 3), bloodstream infection secondary to urinary tract infection (BSI -UTI), bloodstream infection secondary to pneumonia (BSI -PUL ), bloodstream infection secondary to surgical site infection (BSI -SSI).