Table 1.
Bacterial pathogens isolated from blood cultures by study center (A-F).
| A n (%) | B n (%) | C n (%) | D n (%) | E n (%) | F n (%) | Total n (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escherichia coli | 21 (20) | 6 (11) | 18 (13) | 21 (24) | 23 (24) | 8 (22) | 97 (19) |
| Coagulase-negative-staphylococci | 7 (7) | 15 (28) | 40 (29) | 6 (7) | 13 (13) | 2 (5) | 83 (16) |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 13 (12) | 9 (17) | 18 (1) | 11 (12) | 13 (13) | 8 (22) | 77 (14) |
| Group B streptococcus | 11 (10) | 12 (22) | 4 (3) | 4 (4) | 10 (10) | 3 (8) | 47 (9) |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 13 (12) | 1 (2) | 9 (6) | 8 (9) | 8 (8) | 8 (22) | 47 (9) |
| Group A streptococcus | 5 (5) | 0 (0) | 4 (3) | 8 (9) | 5 (5) | 2 (5) | 24 (5) |
| Enterococcus spp. | 8 (8) | 1 (2) | 4 (3) | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 2 (5) | 19 (4) |
| Klebsiella spp. | 7 (7) | 1 (2) | 11 (8) | 1 (1) | 4 (4) | 1 (3) | 25 (5) |
| Neisseria meningitidis | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | 4 (3) | 3 (3) | 4 (4) | 2 (5) | 13 (2) |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 4 (4) | 0 (0) | 3 (2) | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | 11 (2) |
| Haemophilus influenzae | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | 3 (3) | 0 (0) | 6 (1) |
| Other Gram-negative pathogens♦ | 11 (10) | 2 (4) | 10 (7) | 2 (2) | 4 (4) | 0 (0) | 29 (6) |
| Other Gram-positive pathogens• | 2 (2) | 7 (13) | 15 (11) | 6 (7) | 6 (6) | 1 (3) | 38 (7) |
| Total | 105 | 54 | 139 | 89 | 97 | 37 | 521 |
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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Serratia marcescens, Serratia liquefaciens, Citrobacter Sedlakii, Citrobacter freundii, Elizabethkingia meningoseptica, Salmonella group B, Salmonella group C, Acinetobacter Iwofii, Enterobacter cloacae, Capnocytophaga sp., Proteus mirabilis, Cardiobacterium hominis
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Bifidobacterium spp., Fusobacterium nucleatum, Fusobacterium necrophorum, Streptococcus bovis, Lactobacillus spp., Streptococcus mitis, Streptococcus equi, Streptococcus, salivarius, Streptococcus anginosus, Streptococcus sanguinis, Streptococcus viridans, Listeria monocytogenes, Micrococcus luteus, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus pumilus, Rothia mucilaginosa,