Table 1 Gram positive bacteria isolated from blood cultures in two halves of study period.
(Period 1) Positive blood culture | (Period II) Positive blood culture | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gram positive Bacteremic isolates | n = 104 | % | n = 453 | % | P-value |
Staphylococcus spp. | 56 | 53.8 | 250 | 55.2 | 0.804 |
Staphylococcus aureus | 14 | 13.5 | 43 | 9.5 | 0.228 |
Streptococcus spp. | 6 | 5.8 | 25 | 5.5 | 0.920 |
Enterococcus spp. | 7 | 6.7 | 23 | 5.1 | 0.501 |
Bacillus spp. | 10 | 9.6 | 44 | 9.7 | 0.976 |
Micrococcus spp. | 3 | 2.9 | 17 | 3.8 | 0.999 # |
Streptococcus pneumoniae | 2 | 1.9 | 16 | 3.5 | 0.548 # |
Corynebacterium spp. | 5 | 4.8 | 25 | 5.5 | 0.772 |
Streptococcus pyogenes | 1 | 1.0 | 5 | 1.1 | 0.999 # |
Nocardia spp. | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.999 # |
Other Gram positive organism | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.999 # |