Table 2 Frequency (percentage) of bacterial and fungal pathogens* cultured from community-acquired† and hospital-acquired‡ bloodstream infection
Organism | CA† | HA‡ | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
Klebsiella spp. | 19 (12.3) | 34 (24.5) | 53 (18.0) |
- Klebsiella pneumoniae | 17 | 31 | 48 |
Salmonellae | 27 (17.4) | 12 (8.6) | 39 (13.3) |
- Salmonella serovar Typhii | 1 | 1 | 2 |
- Salmonella serovar Enteritidis | 14 | 6 | 20 |
- Salmonella serovar Typhimurium | 11 | 5 | 16 |
- Salmonella serovar Newport | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Escherichia coli | 24 (15.5) | 13 (9.4) | 37 (12.6) |
Enterobacter spp. | 5 (3.2) | 4 (2.9) | 9 (3.1) |
- Enterobacter cloacae | 2 | 4 | 6 |
- Other Enterobacter spp. | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Other Enterobacteriaceae | 4 (2.6) | 2 (1.4) | 6 (2.0) |
- Pantoea spp. | 2 | 0 | 2 |
- Serratia marcescens | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- Shigella flexnerii | 1 | 0 | 1 |
- Citrobacter freundii | 1 | 0 | 1 |
- Proteus mirabilis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total Enterobacteriaceae | 79 (51.0) | 65 (46.8) | 144 (49.0) |
Acinetobacter spp. | 3 (1.9) | 9 (6.5) | 12 (4.1) |
- Acinetobacter baumannii | 0 | 5 | 5 |
- Acinetobacter lwoffii | 3 | 2 | 5 |
- Acinetobacter spp. | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 7 (4.5) | 6 (4.3) | 13 (4.4) |
Other Non-Enterobacteriaceae | 6 (3.9) | 5 (3.6) | 11 (3.7) |
Pseudomonas spp. | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Sphingomonas paucimobilis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Chryseobacterium spp. | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Moraxella spp. | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Total non- Enterobacteriaceae GNR | 16 (10.3) | 20 (14.4) | 36 (12.2) |
GNR not further specified | 5 (3.2) | 2 (1.4) | 7 (2.4) |
Total GNR | 100 (64.5) | 87 (62.6) | 187 (63.6) |
Staphylococcus aureus | 13 (8.4) | 17 (12.2) | 30 (10.2) |
Enterococci | 24 (15.5) | 19 (13.7) | 43 (14.6) |
- Enterococcus faecium | 12 | 9 | 21 |
- Enterococcus faecalis | 9 | 6 | 15 |
- Enterococcus spp. | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Streptococci | 3 (1.9) | 5 (3.6) | 8 (2.7) |
- Group B streptococci | 1 | 3 | 4 |
- Streptococcus viridans | 1 | 2 | 3 |
- Streptococci, not further identified | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total Gram-positive | 40 (25.8) | 41 (29.5) | 81 (27.6) |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.3) |
Candida spp. | 15 (9.7) | 10 (7.2) | 25 (8.5) |
Total | 155 (100.0) | 139 (100.0) | 294 (100.0) |