Table 2 Distribution of pathogens and IEAT in initial BSI
Pathogens | MTC n (%) | IEAT | CTC n (%) | IEAT | Total | Total IEAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candida spp. | 8 (9.5) | 7 | 0 (0.0) | 0 | 8 (5.9) | 7 |
Gram-positive bacteria | 32 (38.1) | 5 | 27 (52.9) | 1 | 59 (43.7) | 6 |
Coagulase negative staphylococci | 21 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 32 | 6 |
Enterococcus spp. | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
Streptococcus spp. | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Other gram-positive bacteria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Gram-negative bacteria | 34 (40.5) | 4 | 14 (27.5) | 4 | 48 (35.6) | 8 |
Enterobacterales not constitutively producing AmpC | ||||||
Escherichia coli | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Proteus mirabilis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Enterobacterales constitutively producing AmpC | ||||||
Citrobacter freundii | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Enterobacter cloacae/asburiae | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Serratia marcescens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Acinetobacter spp. | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Other non-fermentative gram-negative bacteria | ||||||
Chryseobacterium indologens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Pseudomonas spp. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Rhizobium radiobacter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Sphingomonas paucimobilis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Other gram-negative bacteria | ||||||
Capnocytophaga sputigena | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Polymicrobial | 10 (11.9) | 5** | 10 (19.6) | 1*** | 20 (14.8) | 6 |
Total | 84 (100) | 21 | 51 (100) | 6 | 135 (100) | 27 |