Table 1.

Species of bacteria isolated from the blood of 66 feline patients

Bacterial isolates	Gram	Number of isolates	(%)
Enterobacteriaceae family	−	23	31.0
Escherichia coli	−	12	16.0
Enterobacter species	−	6	8.0
Salmonella species	−	3	4.0
Klebsiella pneumoniae	−	1	1.3
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis	−	1	1.3
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	−	3	4.0
Pasteurella multocida	−	2	2.7
Acinetobacter species	−	2	2.7
Other Gram-negative bacteria (unclassified)	−	1	1.3
Staphylococcus species	+	9	12.0
coagulase-negative Staphylococci	+	8	10.7
Staphylococcus intermedius	+	1	1.3
Streptococcus species	+	9	12.0
β-Haemolytic Streptococci species	+	3	4.0
α-Haemolytic Streptococci species	+	3	4.0
Non-haemolytic Streptococci species	+	3	4.0
Corynebacterium species	+	4	5.3
Micrococcaceae	+	4	5.3
Actinomyces species	+	2	2.7
Enterococcus species	+	2	2.7
Other Gram-positive bacteria (unclassified)	+	3	4.0
Obligate anaerobic bacteria	+ or −	9	12.0
Other bacteria (unclassified)		2	2.7
Total
Gram-positive aerobes	+	33	45.2
Gram-negative aerobes	−	31	42.5
Obligate anaerobic bacteria	+ or −	9	12.3
All bacteria	+ or −	73	100