Table 2 Distribution of pathogens causing surgical site infections (SSIs) in 4 MNGHA hospitals in Saudi Arabia (2007–2016)
CSEC (N = 160) | COLO (N = 29) | CBGB (N = 194) | CHOL (N = 28) | HER (N = 21) | KPRO (N = 22) | Others (N = 38) | Total (N = 492) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All gram positive bacteria | 89 (55.6%) | 6 (20.7%) | 50 (25.8%) | 6 (21.4%) | 8 (38.1%) | 8 (36.4%) | 2 (5.3%) | 169 (34.3%) |
Staphylococcus aureus | 67 (41.9%) | 1 (3.4%) | 28 (14.4%) | 3 (10.7%) | 5 (23.8%) | 7 (31.8%) | 1 (2.6%) | 112 (22.8%) |
Enterococcus spp. | 10 (6.3%) | 5 (17.2%) | 8 (4.1%) | 2 (7.1%) | 3 (14.3%) | (0.0%) | 1 (2.6%) | 29 (5.9%) |
Coagulase negative staphylococci | 11 (5.7%) | 1 (4.5%) | 12 (2.4%) | |||||
Other gram positive | 12 (7.5%) | 3 (1.5%) | 1 (3.6%) | 16 (3.3%) | ||||
All gram negative bacteria | 71 (44.4%) | 23 (79.3%) | 142 (73.2%) | 17 (60.7%) | 13 (61.9%) | 14 (63.6%) | 36 (94.7%) | 316 (64.2%) |
Acinetobacter spp. | 1 (0.6%) | 1 (3.4%) | 4 (2.1%) | 1 (3.6%) | 1 (4.5%) | 4 (10.5%) | 12 (2.4%) | |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 19 (11.9%) | 6 (20.7%) | 52 (26.8%) | 2 (7.1%) | 5 (23.8%) | 7 (31.8%) | 8 (21.1%) | 99 (20.1%) |
Klebsiella spp. | 15 (9.4%) | 4 (13.8%) | 29 (14.9%) | 4 (14.3%) | 2 (9.5%) | 1 (4.5%) | 5 (13.2%) | 60 (12.2%) |
Enterobacter spp. | 8 (5.0%) | 2 (6.9%) | 18 (9.3%) | 2 (7.1%) | 1 (4.8%) | 0 | 7 (18.4%) | 38 (7.7%) |
Escherichia coli | 17 (10.6%) | 8 (27.6%) | 16 (8.2%) | 5 (17.9%) | 2 (9.5%) | 2 (9.1%) | 10 (26.3%) | 60 (12.2%) |
Serratia spp. | 1 (0.6%) | 13 (6.7%) | 1 (3.6%) | 15 (3.0%) | ||||
Proteus spp. | 7 (4.4%) | 3 (1.5%) | 3 (14.3%) | 13 (2.6%) | ||||
Other gram negative | 3 (1.9%) | 2 (6.9%) | 7 (3.6%) | 2 (7.1%) | 3 (13.6%) | 2 (5.3%) | 19 (3.9%) | |
Fungi | 2 (1.0%) | 5 (17.9%) | 7 (1.4%) |