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Table 2 Organism frequency by common healthcare associated infection

From: The prevalence of healthcare associated infections among adult inpatients at nineteen large Australian acute-care public hospitals: a point prevalence survey

 

Surgical site infection

Pneumonia

Urinary tract infection

Bloodstream infection

Patients with HAI (n)

100

67

66

38

Number of organisms identified (n)

97

38

61

37

Organism (frequency)

S. aureus (21.6%)

S. aureus (13.2%)

E. coli (31.1%)

S. aureus (18.9%)

Gram positive bacilli (11.3%)

Candida spp. (10.5%)

Candida spp. (21.3%)

E. coli (16.2%)

C. albicans (7.2%)

Gram negative bacilli (7.9%)

E. faecium (16.4%)

Enterococcus spp. (13.5%)

Enterococcus spp. (7.2%)

Gram negative cocci (7.9%)

Klebsiella spp. (13.1%)

Candida spp. (10.8%)

P. aeruginosa (7.2%)

H. influenzae (7.9%)

Gram positive bacilli (6.6%)

Klebsiella spp. (8.1%)

 

Klebsiella spp. (7.9%)

 

Streptococcus spp. (8.1%)

 

P. aeruginosa (7.9%)

  
  1. HAI healthcare associated infection