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Table 1 BSI pathogens distribution, n (%)

From: The effect of follow-up blood cultures on mortality and antibiotic use in gram-negative bloodstream infections

BSI pathogens

812 (100)

Enterobacterales

532 (65.5)

Escherichia coli

247 (30.4)

Klebsiella spp.

197 (24.3)

Enterobacter spp.

48 (5.9)

Serratia spp.

12 (1.5)

Proteus spp.

12 (1.5)

Morganella spp.

7 (0.9)

Salmonella spp.

6 (0.7)

Citrobacter spp.

3 (0.4)

Acinetobacter baumannii

82 (10.1)

Stenotrophomonas maltophlia

62 (7.6)

Pseudomonas aureginosa

61 (7.5)

Ralstonia insidiosa

21 (2.6)

Burkholderia cepacia

14 (1.7)

Brucella spp.

6 (0.7)

Others*

34 (4.2)

Persistent BSI pathogens

45 (100)

Enterobacterales

 

Klebsiella spp

13 (28.8)

Escherichia coli

3 (6.7)

Salmonella spp.

2 (4.5)

Morganella spp.

1 (2.2)

Citrobacter spp

1 (2.2)

S. maltophlia

8 (17.8)

A. baumannii

5 (11.1)

Brucella spp.

4 (8.9)

Ralstonia insidiosa

3 (6.7)

P. aureginosa

2 (4.4)

Burkholderia cepacia

2 (4.4)

Ochrobactrum anthropi

1 (2.2)

Positive BSI pathogens

79(100)

Enterococcus spp.

12 (15.2)

Enterobacterales

10 (12.7)

Klebsiella spp.

6 (7.6)

Escherichia coli

2 (2.5)

Enterobacter spp.

1 (1.3)

Proteus spp

1 (1.3)

Candida spp.

6 (7.6)

S. maltophlia

3 (3.8)

A.baumannii

1 (1.3)

P. aureginosa

1 (1.3)

Ochrobactrum anthropi

1 (1.3)

Coagulase-negative staphylococci**

40 (50.6)

Corynebacterium spp.**

2 (4.8)

Polymicrobial pathogens

3 (3.8)

  1. Abbreviation: BSI: bloodstream infection
  2. * Ochrobactrum anthropi, Achromobacter spp, Aeromonas spp, Delftia acidovorans, Moraxella catarrhalis, Raoultella spp., Pantoea spp., Shewanella spp., Sphingomonas spp.
  3. ** Considered as a contaminant