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Table 4 Treatment time of systematic administration of antibiotics

From: Vancomycin-lock therapy for prevention of catheter-related bloodstream infection in very low body weight infants

 

Vancomycin-lock group (n = 68)

Control group (n = 69)

p value

Antibiotics covered, d

11.2 ± 10.0

23.6 ± 16.1

< 0.001

CRBSI patients, d

32.7 ± 8.1

31.5 ± 18.0

0.913

Non-CRBSI patients, d

10.2 ± 9.0

21.4 ± 11.0

< 0.001

Non-catheter-related infection patients, d

17.0 ± 7.0

28.8 ± 14.2

0.001

Suspected infection patients, d

7.6 ± 8.3

15.2 ± 12.8

0.008