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. 2021 Mar;25(3):267–272. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23748

Table 2.

Risk factor distribution for IC

Variable Number of patients (percentage)
Immunosuppressive therapy • 14 (12.3%)
Solid-organ transplant • Renal transplant: 6 (5.3%)
• Heart transplant: 2 (1.8%)
• Liver transplant: 1 (0.9%)
• Heart and lung transplant: 1 (0.9%)
• No transplant: 104 (91.2%)
Acute kidney injury (AKI) • No AKI: 39 (34.2%)
• AKI present: 75 (65.8%)
• AKI patients requiring dialysis: 14 patients
SOFA score • <7: 37 (32.4)
• ≥7: 52 (45.6%)
• Not available: 25 (21.9)
Central venous catheter • No line: 38 (33.3%)
• Line present: 76 (66.7%)
• C line removed after CLABSI/IC suspicion: 48 (42.1%)
Foley catheter 73 (64%)
Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) • NO TPN: 104 (91.2%)
• TPN: 8 (7%)
• Feeding jejunostomy (FJ) FEEDS: 1 (0.9%)
• Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG): 1 (0.9%)
Surgery • No surgery: 69 (60.5)
• Non-GI surgery: 28 (24.6%)
• GI surgery: 17 (14.9)
Prior antibiotics usage (intravenous antibiotic used for at least 3 days within the previous 1 week) • 114 (100%)
Bacteremia • Concomitant bacteremia: 5 (4.4%)
• Previous bacteremia: 25 (21.9%)
• No bacteremia: 84 (73.7%)
Prior antifungal exposure for at least >3 days (in last 14 days) • No exposure: 91 (79.8%)
• Fluconazole: 21 (18.4%)
• Amphotericin B: 1 (0.9%)
• Echinocandin: 1 (0.9%)