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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the patients using different ports

From: Port type is a possible risk factor for implantable venous access port-related bloodstream infections and no sign of local infection predicts the growth of gram-negative bacilli

Variables

All patients

Bard

TYCO

P value

N

552

113 (20 %)

439 (80 %)

 

Sex—n (%)

   

0.0003

 Female

317 (57 %)

48 (42 %)

269 (61 %)

 

 Male

235 (43 %)

65 (58 %)

170 (39 %)

 

Age—mean ± SD

59.9 ± 12.3

63.6 ± 11

58.9 ± 12.4

0.0002

Age—n (%)

   

0.0050

 Age ≤ 65

369 (67 %)

63 (56 %)

306 (70 %)

 

 Age > 65

183 (33 %)

50 (44 %)

133 (30 %)

 

Malignancy (indication for the port)—n (%)

   

<0.0001

 Lung cancer

105 (19 %)

34 (30 %)

71 (16 %)

 

 Head and neck tumor

29 (5 %)

4 (4 %)

25 (6 %)

 

 Breast cancer

132 (24 %)

8 (7 %)

124 (28 %)

 

 Esophageal cancer

5 (1 %)

0 (0 %)

5 (1 %)

 

 Gastric cancer

22 (4 %)

7 (6 %)

15 (3 %)

 

 Colorectal cancer

114 (21 %)

28 (25 %)

86 (20 %)

 

 Urological cancer

55 (10 %)

14 (12 %)

41 (9 %)

 

 Ovary cancer and cervical cancer

47 (9 %)

9 (8 %)

38 (9 %)

 

 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic tumor

9 (2 %)

4 (4 %)

5 (1 %)

 

 Leukemia and lymphoma

25 (5 %)

3 (3 %)

22 (5 %)

 

 Other malignancies

9 (2 %)

2 (2 %)

7 (2 %)

 

Malignancy (lung cancer or others)—n (%)

   

0.0008

 Lung cancer

105 (19 %)

34 (30 %)

71 (16 %)

 

 Other malignancies

447 (81 %)

79 (70 %)

368 (84 %)

 

Surgeon—n (%)

   

0.0031

 Surgeon A

142 (26 %)

37 (33 %)

105 (24 %)

 

 Surgeon B

358 (65 %)

74 (65 %)

284 (65 %)

 

 Other surgeons

52 (9 %)

2 (2 %)

50 (11 %)

 

Port infection (+)—n (%)

34 (6 %)

2 (2 %)

32 (7 %)

0.0295

 Gram-positive bacteria

15 (44 %)

2 (100 %)

13 (41 %)

0.1009

S. aureus

13 (38 %)

2 (100 %)

11 (34 %)

0.0639

 Gram-negative bacteria

19 (56 %)

1 (50 %)

18 (56 %)

0.8629

K. pneumoniae

10 (29 %)

0 (0 %)

10 (31 %)

0.3467

Candida spp.

4 (12 %)

0 (0 %)

4 (13 %)

0.5945