Bacteriology of blood culture and positive percutaneous central venous line segments
| Blood culture | Tip segment | Middle segment | Proximal segment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinically septic infants n=47 | Colonised subgroup n=37 | Clinically septic infants n=47 | Colonised subgroup n=37 | Clinically septic infants n=47 | Colonised subgroup n=37 | Clinically septic infants n=47 | |
| Positive growth, n (%) | 23 (49) | 16 (34) | 20 (54) | 20 (54) | 14 (30) | 29 (78) | 11 (23) |
| CoNS | 18 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 26 | 10 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | – |
| Enterobacter cloacae | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Enterococcus sp. | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Coliforms | – | – | 1* | – | – | 1 | – |
| Pseudomonas sp. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Data are the number of positive cultures.
– indicates negative culture.
↵* One tip grew CoNS and a coliform.
CoNS, coagulase-negative staphylococcus.