Table 3.
Distribution of pathogens on the basis of source of infection (n = 541)
| Source of infection | Pus (n-189) |
Urine (n-186) |
Blood (n-84) |
Sputum (n-55) |
Tracheal aspirate (n-11) |
Bile (n-12) |
Other* (n-4) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 27 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Klebsiella oxytoca | 10 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Klebsiella species | 18 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| E. coli | 21 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 36 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pseudomonas spp. | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Acinetobacter baumannii | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MRSA | 21 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MSSA | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enterococcus spp. | 8 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Citrobacter spp. | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| CoNS | 5 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Proteus Mirabilis | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Candida albicans | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Non- albicans candida | 1 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
*Others include- Drain fluid, Pleural fluid and stool samples