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Table 2 Characteristics of 26 co-pathogens isolated in 21 cases of polymicrobial P. aeruginosa BSI.

From: Comparison of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome between monomicrobial and polymicrobial Pseudomonas aeruginosa nosocomial bloodstream infections

Microorganisms

Polymicrobial BSI cases (n = 21)

 

N

%

Number of agents (associated with P. aeruginosa BSI)

  

   1

17

80.9

   2

3

14.3

   3

1

4.8

Agents (n = 26)

  

   CNS

4

15.4

   Staphylococcus aureus*

3

11.5

   Enterococcus faecalis

1

3.8

   Enterococcus faecium**

2

7.7

   Streptococcus pneumoniae

1

3.8

   Acinetobacter baumannii

4

15.4

   Burkholderia cepacia

2

7.7

   Enterobacter cloacae

1

3.8

   Klebsiella pneumoniae

3

11.5

   Klebsiella oxytoca

1

3.8

   Serratia marcescens

1

3.8

   Candida albicans

3

11.5

  1. CNS = coagulase-negative staphylococci
  2. *Two methicillin-resistant S. aureus
  3. **One vancomycin-resistant E. faecium