Maki DG, et al. The risk of bloodstream infection in adults with different intravascular devices: a systematic review of 200 published prospective studies. Mayo Clin Proc. 2006 Sep;81(9):1159-71.
Included English-language articles of prospective studies of adults published between January 1, 1966, and July 1, 2005, identified in MEDLINE.
Tables 3 summarizes data for various types of catheters and reports incidence by infections per 1,000 catheter days.