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. 2013 May 30;8(5):e65621. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065621

Table 2. Numbers of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) and the pathogenic Gram-negative bacilli from 2002 to 2009 at KSCGMH.

HAI Pathogens
Acinetobacter spp. E. coli K. pneumoniae P. aeruginosa Others Subtotal, n (%)*
BSI 228 499 417 277 715 2136 (17.0%)
CLABSI 212 75 83 177 196 743 (5.9%)
GI 22 47 38 25 95 227 (1.8%)
Pneumonia 316 57 148 343 287 1151 (2.3%)
SSI 122 319 194 346 702 1683 (13.4%)
SST 27 32 32 51 73 215 (1.7%)
UTI 483 2613 801 1070 1324 6291 (50.1%)
Miscellaneous! 22 11 16 51 21 121 (1.0%)
Subtotal, n (%)* 1432 (11.3%) 3653 (29.1%) 1729 (13.8%) 2340 (18.6%) 3413 (27.2%) Total, N = 12567

Abbreviations: BSI: bloodstream infection; CLABSI: central-line associated bloodstream infection; GI: gastrointestinal system infection; SSI: surgical site infection; SST: skin and soft tissue infection; UTI: urinary tract infection.

*

Derived from n/N X 100.

Including K. oxytoca, Enterobacter cloacae, Serratia marcescens, Proteus spp., Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, and other glucose-nonfermenting GNB (such as P. fluorescens, P. putida, Burkholderia cepacia, Chryseobacterium meningosepticum, C. indologenes, and Alcaligenes spp.).

! Including bone and joint infection, cardiovascular system infection, central nervous system infection, eye, ear, nose, throat or mouth infection, and reproductive tract infection.