Table 5 Organisms recovered from different specimens
From: Bacterial infections in Lilongwe, Malawi: aetiology and antibiotic resistance
Organism | Blood n (%) | CSF n (%) | Joint n (%) | Bone n (%) | Pus n (%) | Total n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S. aureus | 92 (39.0) | 0 | 5 (38.5) | 3 (42.9) | 54 (62.8) | 154 (42.0) |
S. pneumoniae | 56 (23.5) | 10 (43.5) | 3 (23.1) | 0 | 1 (1.2) | 70 (19.1) |
Streptococcus spp. | 20 (8.4) | 1 (4.4) | 2 (15.4) | 2 (28.6) | 11 (12.8) | 36 (9.8) |
Salmonella spp | 20 (8.4) | 1 (4.4) | 3 (23.1) | 0 | 0 | 24 (6.5) |
Gram negative bacilli* | 43 (18.5) | 2 (8.7) | 0 | 2 (28.6) | 20 (23.2) | 68 (18.5) |
N. meningitidis | 2 (0.8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.5) |
C. neoformans | 2 (0.8) | 9 (39.1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 (3.0) |
Yeast/Candida | 2 (0.8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.5) |
Total | 238 (100) | 23 (100) | 13 (100) | 7 (100) | 86 (100) | 367 (100) |