Table 1.
Percentage distribution of CoNS isolated from various clinical samples
| CoNS species isolated | Number and percentage of isolates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exudates (n = 103) |
Blood (n = 24) |
Urine (n = 12) |
Catheter tip (n = 7) |
Sputum (n = 5) |
|
| S. epidermidis | 65 (63%) | 15 (63%) | 2 (17%) | 6 (86%) | 2 (20%) |
| S. haemolyticus | 20 (19%) | 2 (8%) | 6 (50%) | 0 | 1 (40%) |
| S. saprophyticus | 6 (6%) | 1 (4.16%) | 2 (17%) | 1 (14%) | 0 |
| S. hominis | 5 (5%) | 3 (12.5%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. capitis subsps capitis | 5 (5%) | 2 (8.2%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (20%) |
| S. capitis subsps urealyticus | 2 (2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. sciuri | 1 (0.1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.1%) |
| S. kloosii | 1 (0.1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. cohnii | 1 (0.1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |