Table 3 Description of 8334 microoganisms identified in 7549 positive cultures
From: Independent influence of negative blood cultures and bloodstream infections on in-hospital mortality
Microorganism group | Isolates | Frequency | % Total (% of group) |
|---|---|---|---|
Enterbacteriacae | - | 3024 | 36.3 |
Escherichia coli | 1659 | (54.9) | |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | 534 | (17.7) | |
Enterobacter cloacae | 221 | (7.3) | |
Other | 610 | (20.2) | |
Staphylococcus Aureus | - | 1065 | 12.8 |
Streptococci | - | 979 | 11.7 |
Streptococcus pneumoniae | 321 | (32.8) | |
Group B Streptococcus (s. agalactiae) | 131 | (13.4) | |
Viridans group Streptococcus | 105 | (10.7) | |
Other | 422 | (43.1) | |
Enterococcus (including Streptococcus bovis) | - | 689 | 8.3 |
Enterococcus faecalis | 412 | (59.8) | |
Enterococcus faecium | 211 | (30.6) | |
Enterococcus species | 31 | (4.5) | |
Other | 35 | (5.1) | |
Candida | - | 574 | 6.9 |
Candida albicans | 292 | (50.9) | |
Candida (torulopsis) glabrata | 119 | (20.7) | |
Candida parapsilosis | 65 | (11.3) | |
Other | 98 | (17.1) | |
Other gram negative and gram-variable bacilli | - | 538 | 6.5 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 381 | (70.8) | |
Gram-negative bacilli | 69 | (12.8) | |
Achromobacter (alcaligenes) xylosoxidans | 17 | (3.2) | |
Other | 71 | (13.2) | |
Anaerobic gram-positive nonsporulating bacilli | - | 239 | 2.9 |
Propionibacterium acnes | 114 | (47.7) | |
Propionibacterium species | 102 | (42.7) | |
Eubacterium lentum | 16 | (6.7) | |
Other | 7 | (2.9) | |
Other anaerobes | - | 160 | 1.9 |
Bacteroides fragilis | 99 | (61.9) | |
Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (fragilis gr.) | 13 | (8.1) | |
Fusobacterium nucleatum | 10 | (6.3) | |
Other | 38 | (23.8) | |
Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus | - | 153 | 1.8 |
Clostridium | - | 116 | 1.4 |
Clostridium perfringens | 49 | (42.2) | |
Clostridium septicum | 23 | (19.8) | |
Clostridium species | 18 | (15.5) | |
Other | 26 | (22.4) | |
Other | - | 797 | 9.6 |
Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus | 158 | (19.8) | |
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 70 | (8.8) | |
Haemophilus influenzae | 52 | (6.5) | |
Other | 517 | (64.9) |