Table 2.

Frequency (%) of E. coli isolated from the blood of patients, with sources/portals of infection known/unknown

	AHC	Internal Medicine	Surgery	Intensive Care Unit	Pediatric Hematology	Other pediatric clinics
	Patients, n/%	Patients, n/%	Patients, n/%	Patients, n/%	Patients, n/%	Patients, n/%
Total	95	149	39	30	12	23
Known	26/27.4 %	148/99.3 %	37/94.9 %	30/100.0 %	9/75.0 %	23/100.0 %
Urogenital tract	16/16.8 %	125/83.8 %	13/39.3 %	7/38.8 %	3/25.0 %	4/17.3 %
Vascular catheters	1/1.0 %	3/2.0 %	3/9.0 %	0/0.0 %	5/41.6 %	4/17.3 %
Respiratory tract	5/5.2 %	10/6.7 %	5/15.1 %	13/72.2 %	0/0.0 %	15/65.2 %
Wound	4/4.2 %	10/6.7 %	16/48.4 %	10/55.5 %	1/8.3 %	0/0.0 %
Unknown	69/72.6 %	1/0.7 %	2/5.1 %	0/0.0 %	3/25.0 %	0/0.0 %