| Microorganismisolatedfrom(blood)    bacteremia | 
        Number and    %  | 
        Bacteremia    related to a vascular catheter
          N (%) | 
        Mortality  | 
       
      
        | CNS | 
        (229/714) 32           | 
        129 (52%)           | 
        48 (28%)           | 
       
      
        | Epidermidis | 
        (101/229) 44  | 
        72 | 
        13 (7.5%) | 
       
      
        | S. sciuri | 
        (56/229) 24,5  | 
        32 | 
        25 (14.5%) | 
       
      
        | Others CNS | 
        (72/229) 31,5 | 
        25 | 
        10 (5.8%) | 
       
      
        | Staphylococcus    aureus | 
        (122/714) 17 | 
        71(29%) | 
        44 (26%) | 
       
      
        | Enterococcus | 
        (33/714) 4,5 | 
        Unknown | 
        16 (9%) | 
       
      
        | Streptococcus    pneumonia | 
        (26/714) 3,5 | 
        Unknown | 
        Unknown  | 
       
      
        | Enterobacteria | 
        (213/714) 30 | 
        22 (9%) | 
        32 (18,6%) | 
       
      
        | Escherichia coli | 
        (107/213) 50 | 
        8 | 
        14 (8.1%) | 
       
      
        | Serratiamarcescens | 
        (57/213) 27 | 
        10 | 
        2 | 
       
      
        | Klebsiella pneumonia | 
        (28/213) 13 | 
        2  | 
        7 | 
       
      
        | Salmonella thyphi | 
        (14/213) 6,5           | 
        0           | 
        1           | 
       
      
        | Others enterobacteria | 
        (7/213) 3,5 | 
        2 | 
        4 | 
       
      
        | Pseudomonas    aeruginosa | 
        (43/714)6 | 
        14 (6%) | 
        17 (9.8%)  | 
       
      
        | Candida albicans | 
        (20/714) 3 | 
        Unknown  | 
        Unknown | 
       
      
        | anaerobicorganism  | 
        (28/714) 4 | 
        10 (4%) | 
        4 (2,3%) | 
       
      
        | Total | 
        714 | 
        246/596 41% | 
        172/596 29% | 
       
     
    NB. Gram-positive bacteria were most frequently encountered bacteria |