Table 1. Species and specimen distribution of 1135 carbapenem-nonsusceptible Enterobacteriaceae recovered from 4 hospitals in Taiwan during November 2010 and July 2012.
| Specimen type [n (%)] a | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Abscess & Drainage | Blood | Respiratory | Urine | CVP | Other c | Total |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 49 (8.5) | 41 (7.1) | 259 (44.9) | 190 (32.9) | 19 (3.3) | 19 (3.3) | 577 |
| Enterobacter cloacae complex b | 58 (21.7) | 16 (6.0) | 85 (31.8) | 85 (31.8) | 5 (1.9) | 18 (6.7) | 267 |
| Escherichia coli | 25 (17.2) | 14 (9.7) | 19 (13.1) | 77 (53.1) | 0 | 10 (6.9) | 145 |
| Enterobacter aerogenes | 16 (18.2) | 13 (14.8) | 28 (32.0) | 24 (27.3) | 1 (1.1) | 6 (6.8) | 88 |
| Citrobacter freundii | 4 (20.0) | 1 (5.0) | 7 (35.0) | 7 (35.0) | 1 (5.0) | 0 | 20 |
| Serratia marcescens | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Morganella morgannii | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Providencia stuartii | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Klebsiella oxytoca | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Raoultella (Klebsiella) planticola | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Providencia rettgeri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Citrobacter diversus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Citrobacter koseri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 154 (13.6) | 88 (7.8) | 407 (35.9) | 405 (35.7) | 26 (2.3) | 55 (4.8) | 1135 |
a % calculated for species with > = 20 isolates only.
b Enterobacter cloacae complex included 265 E. cloacae and 2 E. asburiae.
c Including 2 anal swabs, 20 ascites, 10 bile, 2 body fluids (source unknown), 1 CSF, 5 double lumen, 2 each of pleural effusion and throat swab, 7 tissue, and 1 each of endometrium, H-V tip, prostate, and nasal specimen.