Characteristics of Bacteremia Infections
Bacteremia was reported in 4 patients: 2 patients had KHE, 1 patient had a slow flow vascular malformation, and 1 patient did not have their disease specified in the manuscript (Table 4). Two of these patients had central lines, and 2 did not have central lines. One central line infection was caused by Staphylococcus epidermidis . The other central line infection did not specify the pathogen. For the two patients without central lines who developed bacteremia, one patient had methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and the other patient had Pseudomonas aeruginosa . These studies did not report whether the patients had other comorbidities or whether they were receiving concomitant immunosuppression, such as steroids.