TABLE 3.
Rank order of pathogens causing bloodstream infection worldwide submitted to the SENTRY Program, 1997–2016, by age group
| Rank | Pathogen (%) for patients aged: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1 yr | 1–5 yrs | 6–18 yrs | 19–49 yrs | 50–64 yrs | >64 yrs | |
| 1 | S. aureus (16.4) | S. aureus (15.9) | S. aureus (26.4) | S. aureus (24.9) | S. aureus (23.1) | E. coli (26.6) |
| 2 | E. coli (13.7) | S. pneumoniae (11.4) | E. coli (12.6) | E. coli (18.1) | E. coli (19.9) | S. aureus (20.1) |
| 3 | K. pneumoniae (8.6) | E. coli (9.2) | P. aeruginosa (6.6) | K. pneumoniae (7.3) | K. pneumoniae (8.6) | K. pneumoniae (8.0) |
| 4 | E. faecalis (6.9) | K. pneumoniae (7.9) | K. pneumoniae (6.5) | P. aeruginosa (5.4) | P. aeruginosa (5.9) | E. faecalis (5.9) |
| 5 | S. epidermidis (6.3) | P. aeruginosa (5.7) | S. epidermidis (5.1) | E. faecalis (4.8) | E. faecalis (5.3) | P. aeruginosa (5.4) |