Table 2.

Organisms isolated from samples taken off at admission to the ICU

Bacterial species	Sample
	Blood	Tracheal	Urine
	N = 99	N = 67	N = 4
	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Klebsiella pneumoniae	1 (1.00)	8 (11.94)	0
Staphylococcus aureus	5 (4.40)	3 (4.48)	0
Acinetobacter spp.	1 (1.00)	4 (5.97)	0
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	0	3 (4.48)	0
Enterobacter spp.	0	2 (2.99)	0
Escherichia coli	0	5 (7.46)	0
MRSA	0	0	0
Citrobacter freundi	1 (1.00)	0	0
Coagulase negative staphylococcus	2 (2.02)	1 (1.49)	0
Proteus mirabilis	0	1 (1.49)	0
Viridans streptococcus	0	0	0
Enterococcus spp.	0	0	0