Table 4.

Isolates from blood cultures in patients with sepsis syndrome

Infective agent	No. (%) of patients
Escherichia coli	41 (11.6)
Pseudomonas spp.	35 (9.9)
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus	33 (9.3)
Klebsiella pneumoniae	16 (4.5)
Staphylococcus aureus	16 (4.5)
Proteus spp.	15 (4.2)
Candida albicans	11 (3.1)
Staphylococcus epidermidis	11 (3.1)
Streptococcus pneumoniae	11 (3.1)
Enterococcus	10 (2.8)
Streptococcus B-H	9 (2.5)
Gram negative bacteria	9 (2.5)
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis	8 (2.3)
Enterobacter spp.	8 (2.3)
Acinetobacter	7 (2.0)
Hemofillus influenzae	4 (1.1)
All other	25 (7.1)
Negative blood cultures	84 (23.8)
Total	328 (100.0)