Table 2 Common causative pathogens of healthcare-associated infections in intensive care units enrolled in the national surveillance systems of Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan in 2015
Rank | Organism | Proportion | Organism | Proportion | Organism | Proportion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Urinary Tract Infectionsa | Taiwan (N = 3990) | South Korea (N = 760) | Japan (N = 202) | |||
 1 | Escherichia coli | 19.8% | Escherichia coli | 17.6% | Escherichia coli | 37.6% |
 2 | Candida albicans | 16.9% | Candida albicans | 12.6% | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 16.3% |
 3 | Enterococcus faecium | 8.5% | Enterococcus faecalis | 9.5% | Candida albicans | 7.9% |
 4 | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 7.4% | Enterococcus faecium | 9.3% | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 6.9% |
 5 | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 7.3% | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 8.6% | Enterococcus faecalis | 6.4% |
Bloodstream Infections | Taiwan (N = 4138) | South Korea (N = 1288) | Japanb (N = 268) | |||
 1 | Acinetobacter baumannii | 10.4% | Enterococcus faecium | 14.7% | Staphylococcus epidermidis | 15.7% |
 2 | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 9.6% | Staphylococcus aureus | 14.2% | Staphylococcus aureus | 13.0% |
 3 | Enterococcus faecium | 7.2% | Acinetobacter baumannii | 12.6% | Coagulase negative staphylococci | 10.1% |
 4 | Staphylococcus aureus | 6.5% | Coagulase negative staphylococci | 12.0% | Serratia marcescens | 5.6% |
 5 | Candida albicans | 6.2% | Enterococcus faecalis | 7.3% |  |  |
Pneumonia | Taiwan (N = 1397) | South Korea (N = 554) | Japanc (N = 650) | |||
 1 | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 22.5% | Acinetobacter baumannii | 34.5% | Staphylococcus aureus | 21.8% |
 2 | Acinetobacter baumannii | 18.0% | Staphylococcus aureus | 28.5% | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 18.6% |
 3 | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 16.2% | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 9.4% | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 7.8% |
 4 | Staphylococcus aureus | 9.0% | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 8.8% | Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 6.8% |
 5 | Enterobacter species | 6.2% | Enterobacter aerogenes | 3.2% |  |  |