Table 1. Summary of the main types of clinical samples surveyed by EPIMIC and, by sample type, of main pathogens surveyed.

Sample type (surveillance period)	Total number of samples		Mean number of samples per week		Standard deviation of the number of samples per week		Main pathogens isolated from the samples	Total number of positive samples	Mean number of positive samples per week	Standard deviation of the weekly number of positive samples
	Tested	Positive	Tested	Positive	Tested	Positive
Urine samples (from 04/11/2002 to 30/10/2013)	560 955	84 174	972	146	165	52	Escherichia coli	42,874	74	24
							Pseudomonas aeruginosa	4,007	7	3
Blood cultures (from 03/11/2003 to 30/10/2013)	496 891	33 619	937	63	158	26	Coagulase-negative staphylococcus	7,006	13	8
							Staphylococcus aureus	2,369	4	3
							Streptococcus sp.	2,175	4	2
Respiratory samples (from 11/11/2002 to 30/10/2013)	169 147	29 597	320	53	142	44	Respiratory syncytial virus	4,939	9	18
							Influenza virus	2,976	15	39
							Pseudomonas aeruginosa	584	1	1
							Staphylococcus aureus	531	1	1
Stool samples (from 04/11/2002 to 30/10/2013)	94 045	5 118	163	9	60	7	Rotavirus	2,464	4	6
							Calicivirus	661	3	4
							Salmonella sp.	384	1	1
							Clostridium difficile	633	2	3
Cerebrospinal fluid (from 04/11/2002 to 30/12/2013)	-	17 231	-	3	-	4	Enterovirus	922	2	3
							Streptococcus pneumoniae	78	<1	<1
							Neisseria meningitidis	48	<1	<1
Bone samples (from 04/11/2002 to 30/10/2013)	8 801	2 142	20	5	10	3	N.a.	N.a.	N.a.	N.a.
Ocular samples (from 04/11/2002 to 30/10/2013)	3 211	299	6	0,5	4	1	N.a.	N.a.	N.a.	N.a.

N.a., not available