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Table 2 Microorganisms isolated from patients with SPE

From: Septic pulmonary embolism in China: clinical features and analysis of prognostic factors for mortality in 98 cases

Pathogens

Blood

Sputum

Pus

Urine

BALF

Pleural effusion

Total

 

(n = 33)

(n = 24)

(n = 13)

(n = 6)

(n = 6)

(n = 3)

(n = 85)

Gram-positive (MDRP)

19(5)

4(1)

6(2)

0

0

1

30(8)

 Staphylococcus

12

2

6

  

1

21

 Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA/MRSA)

10 (6/4)

2 (1/1)

6 (4/2)

  

1

19 (12/7)

 Coagulase negative Staphylococcus

1

     

1

 Staphylococcus epidermidis

1

     

1

Streptococcus

6

2

    

8

 Viridans streptococci

4

     

4

 Streptococcus haemolyticus

2

     

2

 Streptococcus pneumoniae

 

2

    

2

 Enterococcus faecalis (VRE)

1(1)

     

1(1)

Gram-negative (MDRP)

11(5)

14(8)

7(2)

2

3(2)

1

38(17)

Enterobacteriaceae

 Klebsiella pneumonia (ESBL)

4(2)

5(2)

2

 

2(1)

1

14(5)

 Escherichia coli (ESBL)

3(2)

1

3(1)

1

  

8(3)

 Enterobacter cloacae

1

1

 

1

  

3

 Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MDR-PA)

1(1)

3(2)

1(1)

 

1(1)

 

6(5)

 Burkholderia pseudomallei

1

 

1

   

2

 Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

1

     

1

 Acinetobacter A. baumannii (CR-AB)

 

4(4)

    

4(4)

All MDRP

10

9

4

0

2

0

25

Fungus

3

6

0

4

3

1

17

 Candida

3

4

 

4

1

1

13

 Saccharomyces albicans

 

2

    

2

 Aspergillus

    

2

 

2

  1. MDRP Multidrug-resistant pathogen, MRSA Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, ESBL Extended spectrum β-lactamases, MDR-PA Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, CR-AB Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, VRE Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus