| |
Positive
|
No. of colonies
|
|---|
| |
n (%)
|
Median (IQR)
|
|---|
|
Overall
|
157 (73.7)
| |
|
CoNSb
|
134 (62.9)
|
4 (2–10)
|
|
Streptococcus viridans
|
15 (7.0)
|
2 (1–6)
|
|
Staphylococcus aureus
|
MSSAc
|
1 (0.5)
|
-
|
|
MRSAd
|
3 (1.4)
|
3 (−)
|
|
Micrococcus
|
61 (28.6)
|
3 (2–12)
|
|
Diphtheroids
|
6 (2.8)
|
60.5 (11–116)
|
|
Bacillus species
|
3 (1.4)
|
-
|
|
Other Gram-positive bacillie
|
15 (7.0)
|
2 (1–3)
|
|
Escherichia coli
|
1 (0.5)
|
-
|
|
Pantoea species
|
2 (0.9)
|
3.5 (−)
|
|
Acinetobacter speciesf
|
6 (2.8)
|
2 (1–22)
|
|
Moraxella osloensis
|
2 (0.9)
|
2.5 (−)
|
|
Pseudomonas stutzeri
|
2 (0.9)
|
4.5 (−)
|
|
Sphingomonas paucimobilis
|
2 (0.9)
|
-
|
|
Fungus
|
2 (0.9)
|
-
|
- aICUs: intensive care units; PICUs: pediatric intensive care units; NCUs: neonatal care units; IQR: interquartile range
- bCoNS: coagulase-negative staphylococci
- cMSSA: methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus
- dMRSA: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
- eOther than diphtheroids and Bacillus species
- fAcinetobacter lwoffii (2 mobile phones), Acinetobacter baumannii (3 mobile phones), both (1 mobile phone)
