Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Burn Care Res. 2017 Mar-Apr;38(2):99–105. doi: 10.1097/BCR.0000000000000479

Table 4.

Most frequently cultured MDROs and their location

Urine (%) (n = 22) Lung (%) (n = 28) Blood (%) (n = 12) Skin (%) (n = 23) Catheter (%) (n = 2)
Gram-positive bacteria, n (%)
Staphylococcus species (including MRSA)   1 (4.6) 10 (35.7) 5 (41.7)   7 (30.4) 0 (0)
 Streptococcus species   1 (4.6)   1 (3.6) 1 (8.3)   0 (0) 0 (0)
 Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus   1 (4.6)   0 (0) 1 (8.3)   0 (0) 0 (0)
 Total gram-positive   3 (13.6) 11 (39.3) 7 (58.3)   7 (30.4) 0 (0)
Gram-negative bacteria, n (%)
Escherichia coli   7 (31.8)   4 (14.2) 0 (0)   2 (8.7) 0 (0)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa   3 (13.6)   2 (7.1) 2 (16.7)   2 (8.7) 1 (50)
Morganella morganii   2 (9.2)   1 (3.6) 0 (0)   2 (8.7) 0 (0)
Klebsiella pneumoniae   1 (4.6)   2 (7.1) 1 (8.3)   1 (4.3) 1 (50)
Acinetobacter baumannii   2 (9.2)   4 (14.2) 1 (8.3)   5 (21.7) 0 (0)
Enterobacter species   1 (4.6)   3 (10.7) 1 (8.3)   3 (12.0) 0 (0)
 Other   3 (13.6)   1 (3.6) 0 (0)   1 (4.3) 0 (0)
 Total Gram-negative 19 (86.4) 17 (60.7) 5 (41.7) 16 (69.6) 2 (100)

MDRO, multiple-drug resistant organism; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.