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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