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 | |||
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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