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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Jul 29;64(4):372–381. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.04.052

Table 3.

Organisms

Pneumonia % Endocarditis %
Gram Positive Bacteria 12.6 Gram Positive Bacteria 100

Staphylococcus Aureus 9.5 Staphylococcus Aureus 66.7

 Meth Resistant (44%)  Meth Resistant (50%)

Streptococcus sp 3.2 Staphylococcus Hominis 33.3


Gram Negative Bacteria 82.1 Empyema

 Enterobacteriaceae 43.2 Gram Positive Bacteria 60

 Pseudomonas 15.8 Staphylococcus Aureus 60

 Other Health Care GNR* 13.7  Meth Resistant (67%)

 Serratia Marcesens 6.3 Gram Negative Bacteria 20

 H. Influenzae 3.2  Pseudomonas 20

Other 5.3 Other 20


BSI SSI

Gram Positive Bacteria 47.5 Gram Positive Bacteria 62.9

Staphylococcus Aureus 13.1 Staphylococcus Aureus 40

 Meth Resistant (38%)  Meth Resistant (50%)

Staphylococcus Epi 9.8 Staphylococcus Epi 14.3

 Meth Resistant (50%)  Meth Resistant (80%)

Enterococcus 11.5  Enterococcus 5.7

 Fungi (Candida) 9.8  Fungi (Candida) 2.9

Streptococcus sp 1.6 Gram Negative Bacteria 28.6

Staph Hominis (Coag neg) 1.6  Enterobacteriaceae 17.1

Gram Negative Bacteria 47.5  Pseudomonas 5.7

Enterobacteriaceae 29.5  Other Health Care GNR* 2.9

 Serratia Marcesens 8.2  Other (Unidentified) 2.9

 Other Health Care GNR* 4.9 Other 8.6


 Pseudomonas 3.3 Myocarditis/Pericarditis

 Anaerobe (Bact. Fragilis) 1.6 Gram Positive Bacteria 100

Other 4.9  Streptococcus sp 50

Mediastinitis  Enterococcus 25

Gram Positive Bacteria 61.5  Fungi (Candida) 25


Staphylococcus Aureus 46.2 Pocket Infection

 Meth Resistant (33%) Gram Positive Bacteria 100

Staphylococcus Epi 7.7 Staphylococcus Aureus 66.7

 Meth Resistant (100%)  Meth Resistant (50%)

 Fungi (Candida) 7.7  Fungi (Candida) 33.3


Gram Negative Bacteria 38.5 Cardiac Device

 Enterobacteriaceae 15.4 Gram Positive Bacteria 50

 Pseudomonas 7.7 Staphylococcus Epi 50

 Other Health Care GNR* 7.7  Meth Resistant (0%)

 Other (Unidentified) 7.7 Gram Negative Bacteria 50

C. difficile colitis  Pseudomonas 50

 Clostridium difficile 100

Abbreviations: Meth, methicillin; sp, species; BSI, bloodstream infections; Epi, epidermidis, SSI, surgical site infections.

*

Other healthcare GNRs: Acinetobacter, Stenotrophomonas, Achromobacter, and Burkholderia