Table 5. Data on the 96 first episodes of co-infection in the 400 adults with severe imported malaria.
Parameter | Community-acquired infections nā=ā30 | Nosocomial infections nā=ā66 |
PneumoniaMicroorganisms(number of episodes) | 13 episodes Streptococcus pneumoniae (3), MS Staphylococcus aureus (3), Gram+ cocci (negative culture) (1), Escherichia coli (1), Haemophilus influenzae (1), Klebsiella pneumoniae (1), Enterobacter cloacae (1), Acinetobacter baumannii (1), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (1), Not documented (2) | 48 episodesMS S. aureus (11), Streptococcus sp (7), S. pneumoniae (3), MR S. aureus (1), H. influenzae (9), E. coli (4), K. pneumoniae (1), Enterobacter aerogenes (3), E. cloacae (2), A. baumannii (3), P. aeruginosa (5), Bulkholderia cepacia (1), Legionella pneumophila (1), Citrobacter koseri (1), Not documented (6) |
BacteremiaMicroorganisms(number of episodes) | 10 episodes E. coli (3), P. aeruginosa (1), Alcaligenes xylosoxidans (1), Clostridium sp (1), K. pneumoniae (1), Salmonella typhi (1), Campylobacter jejuni (1), Candida albicans (1) | 8 episodes E. coli (4), MS S. aureus (1), Staphylococcus epidermidis (1), Klebsiella oxytoca (1), S. typhi (1) |
Urinary tract infectionMicroorganisms(number of episodes) | 3 episodes E. coli (2), Proteus sp (1) | 9 episodes E. coli (5), K. pneumoniae (3), Enterococcus sp (2) |
Other sites of infection(number of episodes) | Abdominal infection (3), Skin and soft tissue (1) | Catheter infection (3), Sinusitis (2) |
MS, methicillin-susceptible; MR, methicillin-resistant.