Table 2 Pathogens identified in the cultures of 2,362 patients during their index admission
From: Culture positivity may correlate with long-term mortality in critically ill patients
Total | Blood | Respiratory tract | Urinary tract | Others | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 2362) | (N = 593) | (N = 1831) | (N = 831) | (N = 352) | ||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Gram-positive cocci | N = 584 | N = 211 | N = 246 | N = 143 | N = 89 | |||||
Staphylococcus aureus | 292 | 50.0% | 92 | 43.6% | 219 | 89.0% | 6 | 4.2% | 30 | 33.7% |
Enterococcus faecium | 131 | 22.4% | 39 | 18.5% | 2 | 0.8% | 78 | 54.5% | 26 | 29.2% |
Enterococcus faecalis | 55 | 9.4% | 8 | 3.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 38 | 26.6% | 13 | 14.6% |
Gram-negative bacilli | N = 1720 | N = 389 | N = 1379 | N = 383 | N = 215 | |||||
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 513 | 29.8% | 42 | 10.8% | 446 | 32.3% | 65 | 17.0% | 33 | 15.3% |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | 562 | 32.7% | 126 | 32.4% | 415 | 30.1% | 95 | 24.8% | 51 | 23.7% |
Acinetobacter baumannii | 402 | 23.4% | 41 | 10.5% | 357 | 25.9% | 33 | 8.6% | 27 | 12.6% |
Escherichia coli | 342 | 19.9% | 96 | 24.7% | 104 | 7.5% | 151 | 39.4% | 51 | 23.7% |
Enterobacter cloacae | 85 | 4.9% | 19 | 4.9% | 53 | 3.8% | 9 | 2.3% | 16 | 7.4% |
Serratia marcescens | 52 | 3.0% | 9 | 2.3% | 41 | 3.0% | 2 | 0.5% | 3 | 1.4% |
Proteus mirabilis | 40 | 2.3% | 8 | 2.1% | 16 | 1.2% | 12 | 3.1% | 11 | 5.1% |
Enterobacter aerogenes | 34 | 2.0% | 4 | 1.0% | 24 | 1.7% | 7 | 1.8% | 6 | 2.8% |
Haemophilus influenzae | 31 | 1.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 31 | 2.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Candida/Yeast | N = 632 | N = 64 | N = 264 | N = 367 | N = 38 | |||||
Candida albicans | 436 | 69.0% | 36 | 5.7% | 200 | 31.6% | 231 | 36.6% | 31 | 4.9% |
Candida glabrata | 126 | 19.9% | 15 | 2.4% | 27 | 4.3% | 81 | 12.8% | 10 | 1.6% |
Candida tropicalis | 77 | 12.2% | 11 | 1.7% | 35 | 5.5% | 35 | 5.5% | 6 | 0.9% |
Candida parapsilosis | 12 | 1.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 7 | 1.1% | 5 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% |
Candida krusei | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Yeast | 45 | 7.1% | 45 | 7.1% | 1 | 0.2% | 44 | 7% | 0 | 0.0% |
Aspergillus | N = 108 | N = 0 | N = 107 | N = 0 | N = 1 | |||||
Aspergillus fumigatus | 58 | 53.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 58 | 54.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Aspergillus flavus | 31 | 28.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 30 | 28.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 100% |
Aspergillus niger | 10 | 9.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 10 | 9.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Aspergillus terreus | 9 | 8.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 9 | 8.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |