Asymptomatic central line-associated bloodstream infections in children implanted with long term indwelling central venous catheters in a teaching hospital, Sri Lanka

Table 2 The microbial etiology for right-sided infective endocarditis in symptomatic and asymptomatic central line-associated bloodstream infections and bacteremia without central line infection patients

Isolated microbes	Right sided infective endocarditis (n = 122, 8.3%)				P value
	CLABSI (72, 59%)		Bacteremia without CLABSI (50, 41%)		P value
	Symptomatic (n = 30, 24.5%)	Asymptomatic (n = 42, 34.5%)	Symptomatic (n = 14, 11.5%)	Asymptomatic (n = 36, 29.5%)	0.03
MSSA	12^**	13^**	4	6	0.03^**
MRSA	12^£	13^£	7^£	7	0.02^£
CoNS	2	14^α	1	16^α	0.02^α
S. epidermidis	1	6	–	9	0.07
S. hemolyticus	1	1	1	2	0.08
S. schleiferi	–	1	–	4	0.07
S. lugdunensis	–	1	–	1	0.07
Enterococcus sp.	2	1	–	1	0.08
C. albicans	3	1	1	2	0.07
C. parapsilosis	1	1	1	4	0.08

CLABSI central line-associated bloodstream infections, MSSA Methicillin-sensitive S. aureus, MRSA Methicillin-resistant S. aureus, CoNS Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus sp.
P < 0.05 taken as significant
^** MSSA was associated significantly in symptomatic and asymptomatic CLABSI, ^£MRSA was associated significantly in right sided IE following symptomatic, asymptomatic CLABSI and symptomatic bacteremic without CLABSI and ^α CoNS was associated significantly in right sided IE following asymptomatic CLABSI and asymptomatic bacteremic without CLABSI

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