Table 2. Bacterial isolates from hospitalized HIV-infected children with serious bacterial infections*.
| Blood n = 128 (%1) | Urine n = 21 (%2) | CSF n = 36 (%2) | N (%) assumed nosocomial (>48 hours)3 | |
| S. pneumoniae | 21 (16) | 1 (2.8) | 2/22 (9%) | |
| S. aureus | 14 (11) | 9/14 (64%) | ||
| Coagulase negative staphylococcus4 | 4 (3) | 4/4 (100%) | ||
| E. coli | 5 (4) | 5 (24) | 7/10 (70%) | |
| K. pneumoniae | 11 (9) | 2 (9.5) | 13/13 (100%) | |
| Hemophilus spps | 8 (7) | 1 (2.8) | 1/9 (11%) | |
| S. typhi | 1 (1) | 0 | ||
| Non typhoid salmonella | 9 (7) | 1 (4.8) | 7/10 (70%) | |
| S. milleri | 1 (1) | 1 (100%) | ||
| Enterococcus faecalis | 4 (3) | 2 (9.5) | 5/6 (83%) | |
| Enterococcus faecium | 1 (1) | 1 (100%) | ||
| Enterobacter species | 6 (4) | 4/6 (67%) | ||
| P. aeruginosa | 1 (1) | 1 (4.8) | 0 | |
| Acinetobacter | 4 (3) | 3/4 (75%) |
1
Percent of positive cultures, including fungal and mixed or skin flora
2
Percent of all cultures sent. Urine cultures were not done if urine dipstick was normal unless suspicion was high.
3
The proportion of nosocomial infections presented here reflects that from children hospitalized for five days or longer, and not necessarily the proportion of nosocomial infections from hospitalizations of all HIV-infected children.
4
Coagulase negative staphylococcus only included as a pathogen if isolated from more than one culture or with indwelling invasive lines.