Table 5 Frequency of bacterial pathogens isolated from blood cultures in COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 sepsis patients (%)

Gram-positive bacteria (%)

13 (52.0)

36 (37.5)

1.731

0.188

1, Staphylococcus spp.

9 (36.0)

17 (17.7)

3.934

0.047

Staphylococcus aureus

1

6

Staphylococcus hominis

1

3

Streptococcus mitis

1

4

Staphylococcus epidermidis

6

4

2, Streptococcus spp.

2 (8.0)

15 (15.6)

0.428

0.513

Streptococcus pneumoniae

6

Streptococcus sanguinis

1

Streptococcus agalactiae

1

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

1

Streptococcus milleri

1

Streptococcus pyogenes

1

2

Streptococcus salivarius

1

Streptococcus intermedius

2

Streptococcus adjacens

1

0

3, Enterococcus spp.

2 (8.0)

4 (4.2)

-

0.602*

enterococcus faecium

1

0

Enterococcus faecalis

1

4

Gram-negative bacteria

12 (48.0)

60 (62.5)

4,

Escherichia coli

10 (40.0)

36 (37.5)

0.053

0.819

5,

Klebsiella pneumoniae

2 (8.0)

18 (18.8)

0.974

0.324

6,

Rare pathogens

6