Characteristics of the patients with CR-BSI.

<p>CVC = central venous catheter; SAPS II = simplified acute physiology score; SOFA = Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment; APACHE II = Acute Physiology and Chronic Health disease Classification System II, Charlson = comorbidity index.</p

Risk factors for in-hospital mortality.

<p>CVC = central venous catheter; SAPS II = simplified acute physiology score; SOFA = Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment; APACHE II = Acute Physiology and Chronic Health disease Classification System II, Charlson = comorbidity index.</p

Microbiological features by diagnostic method.

<p>Microbiological features by diagnostic method.</p

Rates of antimicrobial resistance among gram-negative organisms most frequently isolated from children with nosocomial bloodstream infection.

<p>ND = Not done; Amp-Sul = ampicillin-sulbactam; Pip-Tazo = Piperacillin-tazobactam.</p

Rates of antimicrobial resistance among gram-positive organisms most frequently isolated from children with nosocomial bloodstream infection.

<p>CoNS = Coagulase-negative staphylococci; ND = Not done.</p

Epidemiologic and demographic data of pediatric patients with nBSI.

<p>Epidemiologic and demographic data of pediatric patients with nBSI.</p

Rank order of nosocomial bloodstream pathogens in pediatric patients among 16 hospitals throughout Brazil.

*<p>Crude mortality of patients with monomicrobial BSI.</p