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. 2017 Mar 3;215(8):1312–1320. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jix114

Table 2.

Species of Community-Onset Pathogenic Bacterial Isolates Recovered on Culture Among 115 Patients, by Clinical Specimen Cultured

Organism Overall (n = 133) Blood, Collected Before Antibiotic Treatment (n = 25) Blood, Collected After Antibiotic Treatment (n = 35) CSF (n = 14)a Urine (n = 27) Respiratory (n = 15)b Other (n = 17)
Gram-negative rods
Escherichia coli 31 (23) 9 (26) 2 (14) 12 (44) 3 (20) 5 (29)
Acinetobacter species 18 (13) 7 (28) 6 (18) 2 (14) 2 (7) 1 (7)
Pseudomonas species 12 (9) 1 (4) 3 (21) 3 (11) 2 (13) 3 (18)
Klebsiella species 11 (8) 1 (4) 2 (6) 2 (14) 4 (15) 1 (7) 1 (6)
Enterobacter 7 (5) 1 (7) 3 (11) 2 (13) 1 (6)
Unspecified 5 (4) 1 (3) 1 (7) 1 (4) 2 (13)
Burkholderia cepacia 4 (3) 4 (12)
Citrobacter 4 (3) 2 (7) 2 (13)
Salmonella species 2 (2) 2 (8)
Sphingomonas paucimobilis 3 (2) 3 (12)
Shigella flexneri 2 (1) 1 (4) 1 (6)
Pasteurella aerogenes 1 (1) 1 (3)
Vibrio cholera 1 (1) 1 (6)
Aeromonas species 1 (1) 1 (3)
Gram-positive cocci
Staphylococcus aureus 12 (9) 4 (16) 2 (6) 1 (7) 1 (7) 4 (23)
Enterococcus species 6 (4) 4 (16) 2 (6)
Streptococcus species 6 (4) 1 (4) 2 (6) 1 (7) 1 (7) 1 (6)
Aerococcus species 4 (3) 1 (4) 3 (9)
Rhodococcus equi 2 (1) 2 (3)
Streptococcus pneumoniae 1 (1) 1 (7)

Data are no. (%) of clinical cultures.

aCerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens were obtained from 12 patients; cultures for 2 patients were mixed.

bRespiratory specimens were obtained from 13 patients; cultures from 2 patients were mixed.