Table 1.

Organisms Isolated from Blood Cultures

Organism	No. isolated (n = 67)
Bacteroides fragilis	3
Candida albicans	1
Enterobacter cloacae	1
Enterococcus faecalis	7
Enterococcus cassel	1
Escherichia coli	12
Klebsiella pneumoniae	3
Peptostreptococcus	1
Proteus mirabilis	1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	3
Serratia marcescens	1
Staphylococcus aureus (MR)	12
Staphylococcus aureus (MS)	8
Staphylococcus epidermidis	3
Streptococcus pneumoniae	5
Streptococcus group A	1
Streptococcus group B	2
Streptococcus group G	1
Streptococcus viridans	1

NOTE. MR, methicillin resistant; MS, methicillin susceptible.