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Table 2 Pathogens identified from patients with three major nosocomial infections during 2003–2007

From: Retrospective analysis of nosocomial infections in the intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in China during 2003 and 2007

Pathogen

LRTI (%)

(n = 353)

UTI (%)

(n = 84)

BSI (%)

(n = 42)

A. baumannii

18.9

3.6

9.5

K. pneurnoniae

15.0

3.6

4.8

P. aeruginosa

11.3

1.2

9.5

S. aureus

11.0

0

14.3

C. albicans

9.1

33.3

2.3

S. epidermidis

5.9

3.6

19.0

E. coli

4.0

16.7

16.7

B. cepacia

4.0

0

2.3

Other candida

1.1

21.4

4.8

  1. BSIs, bloodstream infections; LRTIs, lower respiratory infections; UTIs, urinary tract infections; GIs, gastrointestinal infections.
  2. n, number of infections in which pathogens were isolated; %, the percentage of the pathogens in each of the three infections.
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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