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. 2019 Jun 24;63(7):e00355-19. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00355-19

TABLE 2.

Rank order and frequency of most common organisms causing bloodstream infections in the 1997-to-2000 and 2013-to-2016 time periods stratified by region

Ranka Frequency of species in the first (1997–2000) and last (2013–2016) time periods for:
North America (% during 1997–2000, % during 2013–2016) Latin America (% during 1997–2000, % during 2013–2016) Europe (% during 1997–2000, % during 2013–2016) Asia-Pacific (% during 1997–2000, % during 2013–2016)
1 S. aureus (25.3, 24.3) E. coli (17.2, 18.3) E. coli (21.0, 27.0) E. coli (21.6, 33.7)
2 E. coli (17.5, 19.8) S. aureus (21.5, 16.4) S. aureus (18.2, 16.9) S. aureus (20.8, 13.9)
3 K. pneumoniae (6.5, 8.6) K. pneumoniae (9.2, 13.6) K. pneumoniae (5.8, 10.1) K. pneumoniae (7.6, 13.5)
4 E. faecalis (6.2, 5.4) P. aeruginosa (6.5, 7.1) P. aeruginosa (5.9, 5.8) P. aeruginosa (4.8, 5.7)
5 P. aeruginosa (4.5, 4.8) E. cloacae (3.6, 5.9) E. faecalis (4.6, 5.4) E. cloacae (3.4, 3.0)
6 S. epidermidis (3.3, 4.6) A. baumanniib (3.2, 5.5) S. epidermidis (7.8, 4.1) E. faecalis (3.4, 2.9)
7 E. faecium (2.3, 3.4) S. epidermidis (4.6, 5.4) E. faecium (1.5, 4.0) A. baumanniib (2.1, 2.7)
8 E. cloacae (2.8, 3.1) E. faecalis (2.2, 5.0) E. cloacae (2.7, 2.6) E. faecium (1.1, 2.6)
9 S. pneumoniae (4.8, 2.4) S. marcescens (1.5, 3.3) A. baumanniib (1.8, 2.4) S. epidermidis (4.8, 2.5)
10 S. agalactiae (2.0, 2.2) E. faecium (0.3, 2.4) P. mirabilis (1.8, 2.3) S. agalactiae (1.2, 1.9)
a

Rank order based on the 2013-to-2016 time period.

b

Acinetobacter baumannii-Acinetobacter calcoaceticus species complex.