Table 4.

Bacterial organism isolated from samples taken off after 48–72 h of admission

Bacterial species	No of isolates 52	Sample
		Blood	Tracheal	Urine
		N = 93	N = 59	N = 3
	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Klebsiella pneumoniae	15 (28.8)	2 (2.15)	13 (22.03)	0
Staphylococcus aureus	7 (13.5)	3 (3.23)	4 (6.78)	0
Acinetobacter species	11 (21.2)	0	11 (18.64)	0
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	6 (11.5)	1 (1.08)	5 (8.47)	0
Enterobacter species	5 (9.6)	1 (1.08)	4 (6.78)	0
Escherichia coli	2 (3.8)	1 (1.08)	1 (1.69)	0
MRSA	1 (1.9)	1 (1.08)	0	0
Citrobacter freundi	0	0	0	0
Coagulase negative staphylococcus	3 (5.8)	3 (3.23)	0	0
Proteus mirabilis		0	0	0
Viridans streptococcus	1 (1.9)	1 (1.08)	0	0
Enterococcus species	1 (1.9)	1 (1.08)	0	0