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Table 3 The microorganisms found in HAIs in ICUs, %

From: Evaluation of the implementation of WHO infection prevention and control core components in Turkish health care facilities: results from a WHO infection prevention and control assessment framework (IPCAF)—based survey

 

Adult ICU

Neonatal ICU

Pediatric ICU

Organism/group

TRH

UH

CH

SH

PH

Total

TRH

UH

CH

SH

PH

Total

TRH

UH

CH

SH

PH

Total

Gram-negative bacteria

68.6

77.4

60.7

72.6

90

70.6

62.4

69.5

70.9

55.2

60

66.4

74.5

74.9

62.5

83.7

100

70.8

Acinetobacter baumannii

20.3

20.6

26.1

18.8

14.5

21.2

5.7

10.98

15.6

20.7

0

9.5

4.3

14.3

9.1

28.6

33.3

12.16

Acinetobacter spp.

3

5.6

0.1

5.9

0.1

3.2

1.1

1

0

0

0

0.8

0

2

0.6

0

0

1.2

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

5.7

9.4

5.1

7.2

10.7

6.9

4.4

5.1

7.8

0

20

5.8

19.2

15.2

14.7

28.6

33.3

16.2

Pseudomonas spp.

1.6

2.4

0.1

1.6

0

1.4

0.5

0.8

0.7

0

0

0.7

1.1

2

0.3

0

0

1.2

Klebsiella pneumoniae

11.1

20.9

18.8

15.5

25.7

16.3

19.1

22.6

25.5

20.7

36.4

22.4

15.96

24.4

22.3

26.5

33.3

22.9

Klebsiella spp.

8.8

0.8

0.3

3.1

3.8

4.3

3.3

3.5

3.6

0

0

3.1

2.1

0.7

0.3

0

0

0.7

Escherichia coli

4.5

6.34

4

15.3

26.4

7

4.4

5.5

7.8

6.9

1.8

5.3

1.1

2.3

5.9

0

0

3.3

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

4.6

4.9

3.3

1.2

0.5

3.9

3.8

7.9

1.4

0

1.8

5.2

14.9

8.1

3.5

0

0

6.7

Proteus spp.

6.1

2.7

0.9

0.8

4.6

3.6

0.8

0.4

0

0

0

0.5

5.3

1.8

1.8

0

0

2.1

Enterobacter spp.

1

1.9

1.4

0.5

3.8

1.4

7.1

4.7

2.1

3.5

0

4.9

0

0.9

1.5

0

0

1

Other Enterobacteriaceae

1.3

1.4

0.6

1

0

1.1

12.3

6.9

4.3

3.5

0

7.9

10.6

3.2

2.6

0

0

3.6

Other

0.6

0.5

 0

1.8

 0

0.5

0

0.2

2.1

0

0

0.4

 0

 0

 0

 0

 0

 0

Gram-positive bacteria

16.5

15.9

31.3

26.6

8.5

20

30

25.6

20.6

10.4

25.5

26

6.4

10.2

20.8

0

0

13.1

Staphylococcus aureus

4.3

3.2

4.6

2.7

3.1

3.9

10.4

5.7

8.5

3.5

0

7.3

3.2

2.7

7.3

0

0

4.3

Coagulase-negative staphylococci

3.8

3.8

16.1

4.1

1.5

6.3

7.6

9.8

5.7

0

16.4

8.6

1.1

4.3

6.2

0

0

4.4

Staphylococcus spp.

0.2

0

0

11.4

0.4

1.2

0

0.4

0

0

0

0.2

0

0.2

0

0

0

0.1

Streptococcus pneumoniae

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.1

0.2

0

0.4

0

0

0

0.2

0

0

0

0

0

0

Streptococcus spp.

0.1

0.1

0.03

0.3

0.4

0.1

1.1

1.2

0

0

0

0.9

0

0

0

0

0

0

Enterococcus faecalis

3.5

3.2

3.6

3

1.1

3.3

6.3

3.9

2.1

0

9.1

4.6

0

2.3

3.8

0

0

2.5

Enterococcus faecium

4.3

4.9

6.7

2.4

1.8

4.6

4.6

3.7

4.3

3.5

0

3.9

2.1

0.2

1.8

0

0

1

Enterococcus spp.

0.3

0.4

0.03

2.4

0.1

0.5

0

0.6

0

3.5

0

0.4

0

0.5

1.8

0

0

0.9

Other

0.03

 0

 0

 0

 0

0.01

 0

 0

 0

 0

 0

 0

 0

 0

 0

 0

 0

 0

Fungi

14.9

6.8

7.9

0.8

1.5

9.4

7.6

4.9

8.5

34.5

14.6

7.6

19.2

14.9

16.7

16.3

0

16

Candida albicans

4

2.6

3.9

0.3

1

3.1

2.7

1.2

2.8

24.1

7.3

2.9

8.5

2.9

9.4

2

0

5.8

Non-albicans Candida

10.8

4

4

0.5

0.5

6.2

4.9

3.7

5.7

10.3

7.3

4.7

10.6

12

7.3

14.3

0

10.2

C. auris

0

0

0

0

0.3

0.01

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

C. parapsilosis

1.8

2.9

2.2

0.3

0.3

2

3.3

1.6

2.1

10.4

7.3

2.8

9.6

8.8

5.3

14.3

0

7.8

C. glabrata

0.6

0.8

0.5

0

0

0.5

1.4

0.6

2.8

0

0

1.1

0

1.1

0.9

0

0

0.9

Candida spp. (Candida keyfr, Candida tropicalis, etc.)

8.4

0.3

1.3

0.2

0

3.7

0.3

1.4

0.7

0

0

0.8

1.1

2

1.2

0

0

1.5

Aspergillus spp.

0.1

0.2

0

0

0

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

  1. VAP Ventilator-associated pneumonia, CLABSI Central line- associated blood stream infections, CA-UTI Catheter-associated urinary tract infection, HAI Health care-associated infection, IPC Infection prevention and control, TRH Training and Research Hospitals, UH University Hospitals, CH City Hospitals, SH State Hospitals, PH Private Hospitals, ICU Intensive care unit, * Significant relationship between HAIs and IPC components (p <0.005). Bold numbers are the total number of gram positive and gram negative microorganisms