Table 3.
Etiology of all 467 episodes of catheter-related bloodstream infection.
| N | (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| GRAM-NEGATIVE | 49 | 10.5 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 14 | 3.0 |
| Klebsiella spp. | 11 | 2.4 |
| Enterobacter spp. | 7 | 1.5 |
| Escherichia coli | 5 | 1.1 |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 5 | 1.1 |
| Other 1 | 7 | 1.3 |
| MDRGNB 2 | 17 | 3.7 |
| GRAM-POSITIVE | 407 | 87.1 |
| Coagulase-negative staphylococci | 268 | 57.8 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 106 | 22.8 |
| Methicillin-resistant S. aureus | 12 | 2.6 |
| Enterococcus faecium | 10 | 2.2 |
| Enterococcus faecalis | 9 | 1.9 |
| Corynebacterium spp. | 4 | 0.9 |
| Bacillus cereus | 3 | 0.6 |
| Other 3 | 7 | 1.5 |
| FUNGI | 11 | 2.4 |
| Candida parapsilosis | 5 | 1.2 |
| Candida albicans | 2 | 0.4 |
| Candida krusei | 2 | 0.2 |
| Candida glabrata | 1 | 0.2 |
| Candida tropicalis | 1 | 0.2 |
1 Other: Acinetobacter baumannii (1), Citrobacter freundi (1), Serratia marcescens (1), Providencia rettgeri (1), Ochrobactrum anthropi (1), Ralstonia picketti (1), Delfia acidovorans (1). 2 MDRGN: multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli. 3 Other: Streptococcus pneumoniae (1), S. agalactiae (1), Oerkovia xanthineolyutica (1), Sarcinia spp. (1), Rothia mucilaginosa (1), Microbacterium testaceum (1), Micrococcus luteus (1).