Table 3.
Organisms isolated from cultures of different sample types from septic patients
| Germ | Total no. (%) of isolates | No. (%) of isolates from: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood | Exudate | Urine | Sputum | Feces | ||
| Gram-negative bacteria | ||||||
| Escherichia coli | 19 (30.5) | 9 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Pseudomonas | 5 (7.9) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Proteus mirabilis | 3 (4.8) | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 2 (3.1) | 2 | ||||
| Salmonella | 1 (1.6) | 1 | ||||
| Acinetobacter baumannii | 1 (1.6) | 1 | ||||
| Haemophilus influenzae | 1 (1.6) | 1 | ||||
| Proteus vulgaris | 1 (1.6) | 1 | ||||
| Bacteroides fragilis | 1 (1.6) | 1 | ||||
| Enterobacter cloacae | 1 (1.6) | 1 | ||||
| Total | 35 (55.9) | 14 (22.2) | 6 (9.5) | 10 (15.9) | 4 (6.3) | 1 (1.6) |
| Gram-positive bacteria | ||||||
| Staphylococcus aureus | 10 (15.8) | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 6 (9.5) | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Enterococcus faecalis | 4 (6.2) | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Enterococcus faecium | 2 (3.1) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Streptococcus epidermidis | 1 (1.6) | 1 | ||||
| Streptococcus agalactiae | 1 (1.6) | 1 | ||||
| Staphylococcus haemolyticus | 1 (1.6) | 1 | ||||
| Total | 25 (39.4) | 13 (20.6) | 8 (12.7) | 1 (1.6) | 3 (4.8) | 0 (0.0) |
| Fungus | ||||||
| Candida albicans | 2 (3.1) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Parasite | ||||||
| Plasmodium falciparum | 1 (1.6) | 1 | ||||
| Total | 63 (100.0) | 28 (44.4) | 14 (22.2) | 12 (19.0) | 8 (12.7) | 1 (1.6) |