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Table 2 Microbiological findings in patients with totally implanted venous access ports-related infections and association with 28-day mortality (univariate analysis)

From: Removal of totally implanted venous access ports for suspected infection in the intensive care unit: a multicenter observational study

 

All

n = 68

Alive

n = 54

Dead

n = 14

p value

Gram-negative bacilli, n (%)

36 (53)

32 (59)

4 (29)

0.07

 Enterobacteriaceae

27 (40)

25 (46)

2 (14)

0.03

  Escherichia coli

8 (12)

8 (15)

0 (0)

0.19

  Klebsiella pneumoniae

7 (10)

6 (11)

1 (7)

0.99

  Enterobacter cloacae

7 (10)

7 (13)

0 (0)

0.33

  Other Enterobacteriaceae

6 (9)

5 (9)

1 (7)

0.99

 Pseudomonas aeruginosa

8 (12)

6 (11)

2 (14)

0.99

 Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

1 (2)

1 (2)

0 (0)

0.99

 Acinetobacter sp.

1 (2)

1 (2)

0 (0)

0.99

Gram-positive cocci, n (%)

30 (44)

21 (39)

9 (64)

0.13

 Staphylococcus aureus

9 (13)

5 (9)

4 (29)

0.09

 Coagulase-negative staphylococci

19 (28)

15 (28)

4 (29)

0.99

 Enterococcus sp.

2 (3)

1 (2)

1 (7)

0.37

 Other Gram-positive cocci

1(2)

1 (2)

0 (0)

0.99

Candida sp., n (%)

5 (7)

2 (4)

3 (21)

0.06

Polymicrobial, n (%)

6 (9)

4 (7)

2 (14)

0.59

  1. Data are expressed as n (%)