Catheter-related bloodstream infection in end-stage kidney disease: a Canadian narrative review

Table 1 Incidence of CRBSI from select cohort studies of patients on HD

Country	Incidence^a	Study information	Reference
Canada	1.2/1000 Pt-days	N = 527, half of the patients were new HD starts, the other half were continuing HD with access change.	[1]
USA	2.5/1000 Pt-days	N = 47, inpatients admitted to hospital	[2]
USA	0.4/1000 Pt-days	N = 445, outpatients, S. aureus bacteremia only	[3]
Spain	1.6/1000 Pt-days	N = 51, outpatients, monitored by surveillance cultures^b	[4]
Canada	1.6/1000 Pt-days	N = 94, outpatients, tunnelled cuffed catheters, surveillance cultures	[5]

^aIncidence values were converted from studies to patient-days
^bSurveillance cultures were blood cultures taken from catheter lumen or exit site at regular intervals and were repeated along with peripheral blood cultures when CRBSI was suspected

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