Research Article
Pediatric Patients with Intravascular Devices: Polymicrobial Bloodstream Infections and Risk Factors
Table 1
Patient characteristics.
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| Age patients in years | 4.1 (1.9–12.5) | | Total number (%) | Gender: male/female | 37/24 (60.6/39.4) | Diagnosis | | Oncology | 31 (50.7) | BMT/posttransplant | 9 (14.8) | Gastroenterology | 12 (19.7) | Otherb | 9 (14.8) | Type of catheter | | Broviac single-lumen | 13 (20) | Hickman/Med-comp double-lumen | 32 (49.2) | Venous implanted port | 11 (16.9) | PICCc | 9 (13.9) | Number of BSIsd | | 1 BSI | 30 (49.2) | 2 BSIs | 15 (24.6) | 3 BSIs | 10 (16.4) | 4 BSIs | 4 (6.6) | 6 BSIs | 1 (1.6) | 13 BSIs | 1 (1.6) |
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aIQR: interquartile range; bPICC: peripherally inserted central catheter; cincluding benign hematological diagnosis, metabolic disorders, cardiac issues, and a patient with VACTERL; dBSI: catheter-related bloodstream infection.
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