Table 1.
Distribution of bacterial isolates across specimen types
| Bacteria | Blood [N (%)] |
Pleural fluid [N (%)] | Sputum [N (%)] | Urine [N (%)] |
CVC tip [N (%)] | BALF [N (%)] |
Ascites [N (%)] |
Total [N (%)] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gram-negative bacteria | ||||||||
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 0 | 0 | 43 (23.5) | 2 (6.25) | 0 | 1 (7.14) | 0 | 46 (16.43) |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 1 (2.33) | 0 | 37 (20.22) | 5 (15.63) | 0 | 2 (14.29) | 0 | 45 (16.07) |
| Acinetobacter baumannii | 2 (4.65) | 0 | 35 (19.13) | 1 (3.13) | 0 | 4 (28.57) | 0 | 42 (15) |
| Escherichia coli | 6 (13.95) | 0 | 9 (4.92) | 10 (31.25) | 0 | 1 (7.14) | 0 | 26 (9.29) |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 2 (4.65) | 0 | 21 (11.48) | 0 | 0 | 2 (14.29) | 0 | 25 (8.93) |
| Achromobacter xylosoxidans | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.55) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.36) |
| ABC complex | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.09) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.71) |
| Acinetobacter pittii | 1 (2.33) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.36) |
| Burkholderia cepacia | 0 | 0 | 4 (2.19) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (1.43) |
| Chryseobacterium gleum | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.55) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.36) |
| Elizabethkingia anophelis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (7.14) | 0 | 1 (0.36) |
| Enterobacter cloacae | 0 | 0 | 5 (2.73) | 2 (6.25) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (2.5) |
| Haemophilus influenzae | 0 | 0 | 5 (2.73) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (1.79) |
| Morganella morganii | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (3.13) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.36) |
| Proteus mirabilis | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.55) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.36) |
| Providencia rettger | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.55) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.36) |
| Pseudomonas putida | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.55) | 1 (3.13) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.71) |
| Serratia marcescens | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.55) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.36) |
| Gram-positive bacteria | ||||||||
| Staphylococcus aureus | 1 (2.33) | 0 | 6 (3.28) | 0 | 0 | 2 (14.29) | 0 | 9 (3.21) |
| Staphylococcus capitatus | 2 (4.65) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.71) |
| Staphylococcus haemolyticus | 5 (11.63) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (1.79) |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.55) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.36) |
| Enterococcus faecalis | 2 (4.65) | 0 | 1 (0.55) | 1 (3.13) | 0 | 0 | 1 (50) | 5 (1.79) |
| Corynebacterium striatum | 0 | 0 | 3 (1.64) | 0 | 0 | 1 (7.14) | 0 | 4 (1.43) |
| Enterococcus faecium | 3 (6.98) | 2 (50) | 2 (1.09) | 8 (25) | 0 | 0 | 1 (50) | 16 (5.71) |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | 8 (18.6) | 1 (25) | 2 (1.09) | 1 (3.13) | 1 (50) | 0 | 0 | 13 (4.64) |
| Staphylococcus hominis | 10 (23.26) | 1 (25) | 1 (0.55) | 0 | 1 (50) | 0 | 0 | 13 (4.64) |
| Total | 43 (100) | 4 (100) | 183 (100) | 32 (100) | 2 (100) | 14 (100) | 2 (100) | 280 (100) |
Abbreviation: CVC tip central venous catheter tip, BAL fluid bronchoalveolar lavage fluid