TABLE 2.

Numbers of different isolates recovered from the 146 positive blood cultures containing GNB

Microorganism	No. of strains
Escherichia coli	51
Klebsiella pneumoniae	29
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	14
Enterobacter cloacae	10
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia	6
Proteus mirabilis	5
Aeromonas hydrophila	4
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus	4
Vibrio vulnificus	3
Enterobacter aerogenes	3
Pseudomonas spp.	3
Acinetobacter spp.	3
Aeromonas spp.	3
Citrobacter freundii	2
Salmonella enteritidis	2
Unidentified gram-negative bacilli	4