ONLINE APPENDIX FOR THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE:

TITLE: Incidence, Causes and Impact of In-Hospital Infections Following

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.

AUTHORS: Tirado G et al.

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Online Figure 1: Timing of in-hospital infection according to CCU and ward stay.

Online Table 1. Causative agent according to the type of infection

Infection type Causative microorganism Infections

Pneumonia, upper and lower tract infections(n = 27)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa 3 (11%)

Other healthcare GNB * 3 (11%)

Staphylococcus epidermidis 2 (7%)

Enterococcus faecium 1 (4%)

Rothia mucilaginosa 1 (4%)

Streptococcus agalactiae 1 (4%)

Polymicrobial 1 (4%)

Unidentified 15 (56%)

Urinary tract infections(n = 21)

Escherichia coli 4 (19%)

Enterococcus faecalis 3 (14%)

Klebsiella pneumoniae 2 (10%)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1 (5%)

Proteus mirabilis 1 (5%)

Polymicrobial 1 (5%)

Unidentified 9 (43%)

Surgical site infection(n = 7)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1 (20%)

Morganella morganii 1 (20%)

Polymicrobial (P. mirabilis, E. coli, M. morganii, E. faecium, and P. mirabilis, K. pneumonia, E. gallinarum)

2 (40%)

Unidentified 1 (20%)Values are expressed as n (%)

*Other healthcare gram-negative bacillus: Acinetobacter, Stenotrophomonas and Klebsiella pneumoniae.