Table 2 Pathogens detected in 300 adults and children admitted to CMCH with fever

Staphylococcus aureus

2

1

1

0

Streptococcus pneumoniae

2

1

1

0

Streptococcus acidominimus

1

0

0

1

Enterococcus spp.

1

0

0

1

Escherichia coli

2

0

0

2

Enterobacter cloacae

2

0

0

2

Klebsiella pneumoniae

1

0

0

1

 Blood culture

19

0

8

11

 PCR

18^a

0

1

17

Burkholderia cepacia

3

3

0

0

Acinetobacter spp.

1

0

1

0

Neisseria meningitdis

2

0

2

0

Rickettsia typhi

2

0

0

2

Orientia tsutsugamushi

1

0

0

1

Dengue

2

0

0

2

Japanese encephalitis virus

1

1

0

0

Total

57/300 (19)

6/70 (9)

13/86 (15)

38/144 (26)