Research Article
Bacteremia and Mortality among Patients with Nontunneled and Tunneled Catheters for Hemodialysis
Table 3
Bacteriological profile of catheter cultures with bacteremia.
| | | Nontunneled catheter N = 33 | Tunneled catheter N = 13 |
| | Staphylococcus aureus | 10 | 1 | | Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) | 7 | 1 | | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 3 | 0 | | Acinetobacter baumannii | 2 | 0 | | Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus spp. | 2 | 0 | | Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis | 1 | 0 | | Staphylococcus lugdunensis | 1 | 0 | | Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE) | 1 | 2 | | Staphylococcus capitis | 1 | 0 | | Staphylococcus haemolyticus | 1 | 0 | | Escherichia coli | 1 | 0 | | Beta-hemolytic Streptococcus pyogenes | 1 | 0 | | Staphylococcus spp. | 1 | 0 | | Pseudomonas aeruginosas | 1 | 0 | | Serratia marcesces | 0 | 2 | | Enterobacter aerogenes | 0 | 2 | | Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 0 | 1 | | Staphylococcus intermedius | 0 | 1 | | Staphylococcus hominis | 0 | 1 | | Burkholderia cepacia | 0 | 1 | | Staphylococcus epidermidis | 0 | 1 |
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