Table 2 A total of 1289 micro-organisms were recovered from the 931 patients with abdominal infections and positive cultures
n (%) | |
|---|---|
Gram-negative bacteria | 619 (48.0%) |
Escherichia coli | 211 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 86 |
Klebsiella spp. | 85 |
Enterobacter spp. | 77 |
Proteus spp. | 47 |
Acinetobacter spp. | 35 |
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 17 |
Citrobacter spp. | 13 |
Bacillus | 13 |
Enterobacteria, other | 9 |
Campylobacter spp. | 7 |
Salmonella spp. | 7 |
Serratia spp. | 6 |
Pseudomonas, other than P aeruginosa | 4 |
Haemophilus spp. | 2 |
Gram-positive bacteria | 366 (28.4%) |
Enterococci, ampicillin-sensitive | 122 |
Enterococci, ampicillin-resistant | 70 |
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) | 34 |
Methicillin-sensitive coagulase-negative staphylococci | 27 |
Streptococcus, other than group A, B, C and D | 31 |
Methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci | 25 |
Methicillin-sensitive S. aureus | 21 |
Group A, B, C, G Streptococcus | 15 |
Gram-positive cocci, other | 8 |
Gram-positive bacilli, other | 8 |
Streptococcus pneumoniae | 5 |
Anaerobes | 146 (11.3%) |
Clostridium | 94 |
Bacteroides | 29 |
Anaerobes, other | 16 |
Anaerobic cocci | 7 |
Fungi | 130 (10.1%) |
Candida albicans | 118 |
Candida non-albicans | 38 |
Fungi, other | 5 |
Aspergillus spp. | 2 |
Viruses | 12 (0.9%) |
Other | 16 (1.2%) |