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. 2009 May 6;2:76. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-2-76

Table 2.

Isolated microorganisms and their distribution among different ICUs.*

Organism ICU Total No and % Of the organism in all ICUs (n = 175)

Trauma n = 33 Post operative n = 4 Chest n = 30 Medicine n = 6 General n = 25 Neurological n = 12 Coronary n = 48 Tropical n = 10 Neurosurgical n = 6
MS CNS 2(6.1%) 1(25%) 3(100%) 1(16.7%) 3 (12%) 4(33.3%) 9(18.8%) 2(20%) 0(0%) 25(14.3%)
MR CNS 6(18.2%) 1(25%) 2(*6.7%) 1(16.7%) 7(28%) 0(0%) 9(18.8%) 0(0%) 2(33.3%) 28(16%)
MSSA 3(9.1%) 0(0%) 5(16.7%) 2(33.3%) 2(8%) 0(0%) 3(6.3%) 1(10%) 2(33.3%) 18(10.3%)
MRSA 10(30.3%) 0(0%) 8(26.7%) 2(33.3%) 4(16%) 3(25%) 2(4.2%) 3(30%) 1(16.7%) 33(18.9%)
Streptococcus pneumoniae 0(0%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 4(8.3%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 4(2.3%)
Enterococcus spp. 1(3%) 0(0%) 2(6.7%) 0(0%) 4(16%) 1(8.3%) 5(10.4%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 13(7.4%)
E coli 2(6.1%) 1(25%) 3(10%) 0(0%) 3(12%) 0(0%) 5(10.4%) 0(0%) 1(16.7%) 15(8.6%)
Klebsiella pneumoniae 4(12.1%) 0(0%) 4(13.3%) 0(0%) 1(4%) 2(16.7%) 5(10.4%) 2(20%) 0(0%) 18(10.3%)
Klebsiella oxytoca 0(0%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 1(10%) 0(0%) 1(0.6%)
Enterobacter spp. 2(6.1%) 0(0%) 2(6.7%) 0(0%) 1(4%) 2(16.7%) 3(6.3%) 1(10%) 0(0%) 11(6.3%)
Acinetobacter baumannii 1(3%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 1(16.7%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 2(4.2%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 4(2.3%)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 0(0%) 0(0%) 1(3.3%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 1(2.1%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 2(1.1%)
Candida spp. 2(6.1%) 1(25%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 3(1.7%)

*(n = total number of isolates in the ICU, percentage is calculated per number of isolates in each ICU)