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Table 2 Species isolated from bacteremia attributed to catheter-acquired urinary infection

From: Catheter associated urinary tract infections

  

% of isolates

Population (ref)

US*[38]

UK[39]

Quebec[26]

US[40]**

Europe[40]**

Spain[41]

E. coli

 

43.4%

47%

69.3%

71.3%

42%

Klebsiella spp

 

7.5%

 

16.7%

11.2%

15%

Enterococcus spp

28.4%

6%

8%

  

12%

P. mirabilis

 

13.3%

 

6.4%

5.0%

7%

P. aeruginosa

 

10.8%

  

4.1%

12%

Candida spp

19.7%

 

2%

  

3%

  1. *Tertiary care academic centre.
  2. **Report for gram negative isolates only.