TABLE 3.
Blood isolates (n = 156) from 124 episodes of bacteremiaa
| Organism | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Coagulase-negative staphylococci | 50 (32) |
| P. aeruginosa | 19 (12) |
| S. aureus | 15 (10) |
| Escherichia coli | 11 (7) |
| Enterococcus species | 11 (7) |
| Klebsiella and Enterobacter species | 10 (6) |
| S. pneumoniae | 10 (6) |
| Other Streptococcus species | 7 (4) |
| Corynebacterium species | 4 (3) |
| Acinetobacter species | 4 (3) |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 2 (1) |
| Other | 13 (8) |
a
Twenty patients had multiple individual episodes of bacteremia, and 22 episodes were polymicrobial.