Table I.
Comparison of patients with catheter-related bloodstream infections (CR-BSIs) in 2019 and 2020
| Patients | Total N = 81 |
2019 N = 23 |
2020 N = 58 |
P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median age in years, adults (IQR) | 65.0 (57.50–70.50) | 69.00 (58.00–73.00) | 64.50 (56.00–68.25) | 0.168 |
| Median age in years, children (IQR) | 0.0 (0.0–27.50) | 0.0 (0.0–99.00) | 0.5 (0.0–27.50) | 0.629 |
| ICU (%) | 68 (83.95) | 15 (65.21) | 53 (91.37) | 0.007 |
| Sex (%) | 0.010 | |||
| Male | 60 (74.07) | 12 (52.17) | 48 (82.75) | |
| Female | 21 (25.92) | 11 (47.82) | 10 (17.24) | |
| Underlying conditions (%) | ||||
| COVID-19 | 45 (55.55) | 0 (0.0) | 45 (77.58) | <0.001 |
| Myocardial infarction | 2 (2.46) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.44) | 1.000 |
| Congestive heart failure | 1 (1.23) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.72) | 1.000 |
| Central nervous system disease | 3 (3.70) | 2 (8.69) | 1 (1.72) | 0.193 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 12 (14.81) | 1 (4.34) | 11 (18.96) | 0.164 |
| Renal dysfunction | 7 (8.64) | 2 (8.69) | 5 (8.62) | 1.000 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 18 (22.22) | 5 (21.73) | 13 (22.41) | 1.000 |
| Peptic ulcer disease | 10 (12.34) | 6 (26.08) | 4 (6.89) | 0.027 |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 2 (2.46) | 1 (4.34) | 1 (1.72) | 0.490 |
| Tumour | 16 (19.75) | 11 (47.82) | 5 (8.62) | 0.001 |
| Median length of hospital stay in days (IQR) | 47.00 (29.00–83.50) | 35.00 (19.00–83.00) | 53.00 (34.75–91.75) | 0.059 |
| Median length of ICU stay in days (IQR) | 36.50 (21.25–65.75) | 17.00 (0.00–52.00) | 35.00 (17.00–59.70) | 0.042 |
| Other infections (%) | 57 (70.37) | 10 (43.47) | 47 (81.03) | 0.002 |
| Mortality (%) | 32 (39.50) | 7 (30.43) | 25 (43.10) | 0.325 |
| Mortality attributable to CR-BSI (N = 32) (%) | 12 (37.5) | 2 (28.57) | 10 (40.00) | 0.465 |
ICU, intensive care medicine; IQR, interquartile range.