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Table 5 Distribution of microorganisms implicated in MC-CRBSI episodes

From: Surveillance of catheter-related infections: the supplementary role of the microbiology laboratory

Aetiological agent

% (n = number of isolates)

% (n = number of MC-CRBSI events)*

Rank based on number of events

Gram-positive bacteria

   

 Staphylococci

   

   S. epidermidis

28.2 (55)

25.7 (18)

1

   S. aureus

8.2 (16)

10 (7)

3

   S. haemolyticus

4.1 (8)

4.29 (3)

5

 Enterococci

   

   E. faecalis

4.1 (8)

4.29 (3)

5

   E. faecium

1.0 (2)

1.43 (1)

6

Gram-negative bacteria

   

  Environmental gram-negatives

   

   Acinetobacter baumannii complex

17.9 (35)

20 (14)

2

   Pseudomonas aeruginosa

7.2 (14)

7.14 (5)

4

   Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

1.5 (3)

1.43 (1)

6

   Achromobacter species

1.0 (2)

1.43 (1)

6

  Enterobacteriaceae

   

   Enterobacter cloacae

8.7 (17)

7.14 (5)

4

   Klebsiella pneumoniae

6.2 (12)

7.14 (5)

4

   Klebsiella oxytoca

2.6 (5)

1.43 (1)

6

   Escherichia coli

2.6 (5)

1.43 (1)

6

   Proteus mirabilis

1.5 (3)

1.43 (1)

6

Fungi

   

   Candida species

   

   C. albicans

3.6 (7)

4.29 (3)

5

   C. parapsilosis

1.5 (3)

1.43 (1)

6

  1. *Five MC-CRBSI events were polymicrobial, which will explain why the total number of MC-CRBSI-events is divided by 70.