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Table 6 Incidence of bacteremia in haemodialysis patients using permanent catheters by pathogenic species in a national prospective Canadian study and Quebec surveillance programme

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

Organism

Incidencea (%)

SPIN-HD Incidenceb (%)

Staphylococcus aureus

31.9

55

Coagulase negative staphylococci

40.4

14

Enterococcus spp.

7.5

5

Streptococcus spp.

2.1

 

Enterobacter spp.

3.2

 

Pseudomonas spp.

2.1

3

Candida spp.

3.2

1

Klebsiella spp.

1.1

4

Corynebacterium spp.

2.1

 

Escherichia coli

1.1

1

Stenotrophomonas maltophila

2.1

 

Other spp.

3.2

16c

Incidence rate (per 1000 patient-procedures)

3.1

3.7

  1. aAdapted from Taylor et al., 2002
  2. bAdapted from 2014 to 2015 SPIN-HD surveillance data [36]
  3. cIncludes grouped enteric and anaerobic organisms