Table 1.
The microbial spectrum of gram-negative bacteria in different clinical specimens.
| Different species | Throat swab No(%) | Sputum No(%) | Chest tube No(%) | BAL No(%) | Pus No(%) | Urine No(%) | Stool No(%) | Blood No(%) | Total No(%) |
| Acinetobacter haemolyticus | 14(18.9) | 12(6) | 3(30) | - | 9(4.9) | 4(4.1) | 1(0.7) | 6(10) | 49(6.4) |
| Acinetobacter lwofii | 1(1.4) | 3(1.5) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(0.5) |
| Acinetobacter species (Total) | 15(20.3) | 15(7.5) | 3(30) | - | 9(4.9) | 4(4.1) | 1(0.7) | 6(10) | 53(6.9) |
| Citrobacter amaloniticus | - | - | - | - | 1(0.5) | - | - | - | 1(0.1) |
| Citrobacter freundi | - | 3(1.5) | - | - | 6(3.2) | 5(5.1) | 6(4.2) | 6(10) | 26(3.4) |
| Citrobacter species (Total) | - | 3(1.5) | - | - | 7(3.8) | 5(5.1) | 6(4.2) | 6(10) | 27(3.5) |
| Enterobacter aerogenes | 2(2.7) | 5(2.5) | 1(10) | - | 10(5.4) | 2(2) | 13(9.1) | 2(3.3) | 35(4.5) |
| Enterobacter agglomerulance | - | - | - | - | 1(0.5) | - | 2(1.4) | 1(1.7) | 4(0.5) |
| Enterobacter cloacae | 6(8.1) | 22(11) | - | - | 5(2.7) | 2(2) | 7(4.9) | 2(3.3) | 44(5.7) |
| Enterobacter gergovia | - | - | - | - | 1(0.5) | - | 1(0.7) | - | 2(0.3) |
| Enterobacter species (Total) | 8(10.8) | 27(13.4) | 1(10) | - | 17(9.2) | 4(4.1) | 23(16.1) | 5(8.3) | 85(11) |
| Escherichia coli | 7(9.5) | 17(8.5) | - | - | 41(22.2) | 37(37.8) | 52(36.4) | 17(28.3) | 171(22.2) |
| Klebsiella ornithinolytica | - | - | - | - | 3(1.6) | 2(2) | 9(6.3) | 1(1.7) | 15(1.9) |
| Klebsiella oxytoca | - | 1(0.5) | - | - | 1(0.5) | - | 3(2.1) | - | 5(1.9) |
| Klebsiella ozanae | - | 1(0.5) | - | - | 2(1.1) | - | 2(1.4) | - | 5(1.9) |
| Klebsiella pneumonia | 29(39.2) | 101(50.3) | 1(10) | - | 47(25.4) | 31(31.6) | 25(17.5) | 7(11.7) | 241(31.2) |
| Klebsiella rhinoscleroma | - | 3(1.5) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0.4) |
| Klebsiella species (Total) | 29(39.2) | 106(52.7) | 1(10) | - | 53(28.7) | 33(33.7) | 39(27.3) | 8(13.3) | 269(34.8) |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 5(6.8) | 10(5) | - | - | 35(18.9) | 7(7.1) | - | 8(13.3) | 65(8.4) |
| Pseudomonas flourescence | - | 1(0.5) | - | - | 3(1.6) | - | - | 2(3.3) | 6(0.8) |
| Pseudomonas oryzihabitant | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(2.1) | - | 3(0.4) |
| Pseudomonas stutzeri | 1(1.4) | 3(1.5) | 1(10) | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0.6) |
| Pseudomonas species (Total) | 6(8.1) | 14(7) | 1(10) | - | 38(20.5) | 7(7.1) | 3(2.1) | 10(16.7) | 79(10.2) |
| Serratia fonticola | 1(1.4) | 2(1) | - | - | 2(1.1) | 1(1) | 4(2.8) | - | 10(1.3) |
| Serratia liquificans | 2(2.7) | 1(0.5) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0.4) |
| Serratia marcescens | - | - | - | - | 2(1.1) | - | - | - | 2(0.3) |
| Serratia odorifera | - | - | - | - | 1(0.5) | 2(2) | 2(1.4) | - | 5(0.7) |
| Serratia plymuthica | 1(1.4) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0.1) |
| Serratia rubidae | 2(2.7) | 2(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(0.5) |
| Serratia species (Total) | 6(8.1) | 5(2.5) | - | - | 5(2.7) | 3(3.1) | 6(4.2) | - | 25(3.2) |
| Other gram-negative species | 3(4.1) | 14(7) | 4(40) | 1(100) | 15(8.1) | 5(5.1) | 13(9.1) | 8(13.3) | 63(8.2) |
| Total gram-negative species | 74(9.6) | 201(26) | 10(1.3) | 1(0.1) | 185(24) | 98(12.7) | 143(18.5) | 60(7.8) | 772(100) |