Table 3 List of pathogens according to site of culture. A list of pathogens according to final diagnosis can also be found in the supplementary data (Additional file 1)
Organism | Source of culture | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall, N = 122a | Urinea | Blooda | Sputuma | Pus or wound swaba | Tracheal aspiratea | Pleural fluida | Ascitesa | CSFa | |
E. coli | 40 (33%) | 23 (64%) | 5 (23%) | 2 (9.1%) | 8 (36%) | 1 (9.1%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (25%) | 0 (0%) |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | 36 (30%) | 7 (19%) | 6 (27%) | 12 (55%) | 8 (36%) | 3 (27%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Staphylococcus aureus | 14 (11%) | 1 (2.8%) | 9 (41%) | 1 (4.5%) | 3 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Acinetobacter spp. | 7 (5.7%) | 1 (2.8%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (9.1%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (27%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (25%) | 0 (0%) |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 6 (4.9%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (9.1%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (27%) | 1 (25%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Enterobacter spp. | 4 (3.3%) | 2 (5.6%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (9.1%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Providencia spp. | 3 (2.5%) | 1 (2.8%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (9.1%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (25%) | 0 (0%) |
Streptococcus pneumoniae | 3 (2.5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (50%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (100%) |
Enterococcus spp. | 2 (1.6%) | 1 (2.8%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (25%) | 0 (0%) |
Streptococcus spp. | 2 (1.6%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (4.5%) | 1 (4.5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Proteus mirabilis | 1 (0.8%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (4.5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Proteus vulgaris | 1 (0.8%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (4.5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Salmonella typhi | 1 (0.8%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (4.5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Serratia spp. | 1 (0.8%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (4.5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Streptococcus pyogenes | 1 (0.8%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (25%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |