Retrospective Analysis of Microbial Colonization Patterns in Central Venous Catheters, 2013–2017
Table 3
The prevalence of isolated organisms in different wards of catheters.
Species
Total
Wards (different sources of catheters)
(N = 2020) (%)
Pediatric ward (N = 107) (%)
ICU (N = 1177) (%)
Transplant ward (N = 202) (%)
Other wards (N = 534) (%)
Gram-positive bacteria
7.5
19.6
6.3
3.0
9.4
S. aureus
1.2
0.9
—
—
4.5
S. epidermidis
2.1
13.1
1.7
1.0
1.3
S. haemolyticus
1.7
1.9
2.1
—
1.5
Other CoNS
1.5
3.7
1.7
0.5
1.1
Enterococcus
0.4
—
0.6
—
0.2
Corynebacterium
0.3
—
0.2
—
0.6
Others
0.2
—
—
1.5
0.2
Gram-negative bacteria
8.3
1.9
5.9
2.5
17.2
Acinetobacter
3.7
1.9
2.3
1.0
8.2
Pseudomonas species
1.8
—
1.5
—
3.6
Klebsiella species
0.7
—
0.8
—
0.9
Colibacter
0.6
—
0.3
—
1.7
Enterobacter spp.
0.5
—
0.2
—
1.7
Others
0.9
—
0.8
1.5
1.1
Fungi
2.9
2.8
3.5
—
2.8
Candida albicans
1.9
1.9
2.4
—
1.7
Candida parapsilosis
0.4
—
0.5
—
0.6
Candida glabrata
0.3
—
0.4
—
0.2
Others
0.2
0.9
0.2
—
0.4
CVC, central venous catheter; PICC, peripherally inserted central catheter; ICU, intensive care unit; CoNS, coagulase-negative staphylococci. The data in the table presented refer to the prevalence of isolated organisms from CVCs. “N” refers to the total number of cultured catheters in different wards. If there were no isolated organisms after microbial culture, “—” is filled in the spaces. There were significant differences in isolated organisms on catheter surface from different wards (X2 = 124.046, ).
