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Table 3 Microbiological features of positive urine cultures occurring in patients with and without PLT transfusion in the intensive care unit

From: Is platelet transfusion associated with hospital-acquired infections in critically ill patients?

Pathogens

Patients with positive UC N = 292

Patients with positive UC and with PLT transfusion N = 99

Patients with positive UC without PLT transfusion N = 193

P value

Enterobactericeae Enterococcus

17 (5.8%)

43 (43.4%)

108 (56%)

0.04

Staphylococcus sp.

38 (19.5%)

2 (2%)

15 (7.8%)

0.04

Candida sp.

7 (2.4%)

3 (3%)

4 (2.1%)

0.44

Non-fermentive GNB

90 (30.8%)

44 (44.4%)

46 (23.8%)

< 0.01

Other

30 (10.3%)

9 (9.1%)

21 (10.9%)

0.63

 

2 (0.7%)

1 (1%)

1 (0.5%)

0.56

UC with >1 microorganism

25 (8.6%)

5 (5.1%)

20 (10.4%)

0.12

  1. PLT platelets, GNB Gram-negative Bacilli; UC urine culture. P values comparing PLT transfusion group to the no-PLT transfusion group