Assessment of pathogens and risk factors associated with bloodstream infection in the year after pediatric liver transplantation

Table 2 Characteristics of blood stream infection in the first year after liver transplantation

Characteristics	n (%)
Number of patients complicated by BSI	106/378 (28)
Number of BSI episodes	162
Number of BSI episodes per patient
0	272 (72)
1	71 (19)
2	24 (6)
3	4 (1.1)
≥ 4	7 (1.9)
Organisms (% of all organisms)	176 (100)
Gram-positive bacteria	133 (76)
Coagulase-negative staphylococci	67 (38)
Enterococcus spp.	21 (12)
Streptococci	17 (10)
Staphylococcus aureus	5 (2.8)
Other gram-positive pathogens	23 (13)
Gram-negative bacteria	41 (23)
Klebsiella spp.	11 (6.3)
Enterobacter spp.	9 (5.1)
Escherichia coli	6 (3.4)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	3 (1.7)
Other gram-negative pathogens	12 (6.8)
Fungus	2 (1.1)
Candida albicans	2 (1.1)
Time of onset after LT (% of all BSI)
0-30 d	98 (60)
31 d-6 mo	48 (30)
6 mo-1 yr	16 (10)
Origin (focus) of BSI (% of all organisms)
Unknown	94 (53)
Catheter-related infection	65 (37)
Intraabdominal infection	11 (6.2)
Urinary tract infection	3 (1.7)
Respiratory infection	3 (1.7)

BSI: Blood stream infection; LT: Liver transplantation.