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Table 3 Causative organisms in burn patients with BSI

From: Epidemiology and outcomes of bloodstream infections in severe burn patients: a six-year retrospective study

Pathogens

n (n = 225) (%)

A. baumannii

51 (22.7)

K. pneumoniae

41 (18.2)

P. aeruginosa

22 (9.8)

MRSA

42 (18.7)

MRCNS

23 (10.2)

Enterococcus species

15 (6.7)

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

7 (3.1)

Escherichia coli

7 (3.1)

Enterobacter cloacae

5 (2.2)

Proteus mirabilis

2 (0.9)

Burkholderia cepacia

2 (0.9)

Morganella morganii

1 (0.4)

Ralstonia pickettii

1 (0.4)

Candida species

6 (2.7)

  1. MRSA methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MRCNS methicillin-resistant Coagulase negative staphylococci