Response was better in patients with bloodstream infections resulting from urinary tract infection.

However, there is a risk of serious bloodstream infections or clotting of the artery.

Additionally, the hospital received these top quality ratings for treatment of respiratory failure and sepsis, a critical bloodstream infection.

One study showed that proper hand-washing and other simple procedures can decrease the rate of catheter-related bloodstream infections by 66 percent.

Meningococci can also cause other problems, including a serious bloodstream infection called sepsis.

But a quarter-million patients nationwide who receive this treatment each year suffer bloodstream infections as a result, and of those, 15 percent die.

P. terraenovae is blamed for five reported bloodstream infections.

When the non-inserted end of the needle is open to the air, it can also permit entry by bacteria, leading to a bloodstream infection.

Catheter-related bloodstream infections are fatal in up to 25 percent of cases.

The bacteria kill up to half of patients who get bloodstream infections from them.