Table 1 Organisms identified from 500 blood culture sets taken from 489 patients attending 2 emergency departments in South Africa

Cryptococcus neoformans

2

Enterococcus faecalis

Gram negative bacteria

Enterococcus faecium

3

Escherichia. coli

9

Staphylococcus aureus

2

Klebsiella pneumoniae

5

Streptococcus pneumoniae

4

Klebsiella oxytoca

1

Streptococcus constellatus

1

Citrobacter sp.

1

Streptococcus pyogenes

1

Enterobacter sp.

2

Gram positive cocci

Morganella sp.

2

(un-speciated)

1