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.