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. 2024 Feb 22;13:22. doi: 10.1186/s13756-024-01384-7

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%)

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