Table 2.

Microbiology of Systemic vs. Local Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device-Related Infections From 2009 to 2018

	Systemic infection (n=26)	Local infection (n=71)	P value (Bonferroni correction)
Total no. pathogens	31	92
Staphylococcal species	24 (77.4)	56 (60.9)	0.379
Staphylococcus aureus	15 (48.4)	16 (17.4)	0.002
CoNS	9 (29.0)	40 (43.5)	0.621
Non-SPs	2 (6.5)	23 (25)	0.106
Negative culture	5 (16.1)	13 (14.1)	3.14

Unless indicated otherwise, data are given as n (%). CoNS, coagulase-negative Staphylococcus; non-SPs, non-staphylococcal species.