Table 4 Microbiological features of positive blood cultures in patients with and without PLT transfusion
From: Is platelet transfusion associated with hospital-acquired infections in critically ill patients?
Pathogens | Patients with positive blood culture N = 195 | Patients with positive blood culture who had PLT transfusion N = 108 | Patients with positive blood culture without PLT transfusion N = 87 | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Enterobactericeae | 54 (27.7%) | 28 (26%) | 26 (29%) | 0.54 |
Enterococcus | 38 (19.5%) | 27 (25%) | 11 (13%) | 0.03 |
Staphylococcus aureus | 20 (10.3%) | 9 (8.3%) | 11 (12.6%) | <0.01 |
CNS | 39 (20%) | 21 (19.4%) | 18 (20.7%) | 0.83 |
Candida | 36 (18.5%) | 26 (24.1%) | 10 (11.5%) | 0.02 |
Non-fermentive GNB | 16 (8.2%) | 7 (6.5%) | 9 (10.3%) | 0.33 |
Other | 2 (1%) | 1 (0.9%) | 1 (1.2%) | 0.88 |
BC with >1 microorganism | 14 (7.2%) | 9 (8.3%) | 5 (5.8%) | 0.49 |