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Table 2 Bacteria isolated from cerebrospinal fluid (N = 90)

From: Prevalence and antibiotic resistance of bacteria isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid of neurosurgical patients at Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Organism

n (%)

Gram-positive bacteria

51 (56)

 Coagulase-negative staphylococcia

30 (33)

 Enterococcus faecalis

8 (8.9)

 Staphylococcus aureus

7 (7.8)

 Othersc

6 (6.7)

Gram-negative bacteria

36 (40)

 Acinetobacter spp.b

16 (17.8)

 Pseudomonas aeruginosa

6 (6.7)

 Klebsiella pneumoniae

5 (5.6)

 Enterobacter aerogenes

3 (4)

 Enterobacter cloacae

2 (2.2)

 Othersd

4 (4.4)

Eumycetes

3 (4)

 Candida albicans

2 (2.2)

 Cryptococcus neoformans

1 (1.1)

  1. aStaphylococcus epidermidis (n = 9), Staphylococcus haemolyticus (n = 5), Staphylococcus capitis (n = 4), Staphylococcus warneri (n = 3), Staphylococcus hominis (n = 3), Staphylococcus sciuri (n = 1), Staphylococcus saprophyticus (n = 1) and other unidentified coagulase-negative staphylococci (n = 4)
  2. bAcinetobacter baumannii (n = 14). Acinetobacter lwoffii (n = 1), Acinetobacter pittii (n = 1)
  3. cGram-positive organisms: Aerococcus (n = 2), Corynebacterium striatum (n = 2), Streptococcus pneumonia (n = 2)
  4. dGram-negative organisms: Brevundimonas diminuta (n = 1), Escherichia coli (n = 1), Bordetella Moreno-Lopez (n = 1), Serratia marcescens (n = 1)